Today, I am sitting in the Louisville International Airport standing by for flights home. While sitting here with time on my hands, having shopped every shop and checked out everything of interest, I am observing people.
My thoughts generated by this observation are in the direction of understanding for the challenges faced by so many people while struggling not only with their weight and health, but in who they truly are inside.
We so often define ourselves by what we see in the mirror. I do know this, as I too let the reflection identify who I was and maybe even today, still do to a degree. When we are overweight and unhealthy, we are invisible to the world. We do not want to be noticed or observed in anyway. We walk through an airport on a mission of just getting to our destination without being seen. We only hope that no one will look at us and think "that poor woman". I can remember hoping no one would know how young I truly was because my appearance did not match who I was inside. I did not like myself and I did not want anyone to know how miserable I was inside.
Life is too short to live in misery. ANYONE, yes anyone can take control of their life. Anyone who CHOOSES to be who they truly want to be can do so. All it takes is the commitment to yourself.
I know that I make it sound easy but from experience, the hardest thing is the decision, along with the commitment to yourself. We all deserve to be happy, energetic and live life to the fullest. We do not deserve to live in misery about our appearance, our weight, or our health. We deserve the best life has to offer. It is a God given right to create our lives and live it to the fullest.
In my observation today, I am tremendously moved to tell everyone who is where I once was...
"Just Do It"
Take life by the horns, grab all that you deserve, grab all that you want. Be unstoppable. Be who you want to be, be who you truly are. Get up and move, get up and get healthy. No one and I really mean NO ONE is going to do it for you. You must do it for yourself.
When you are past this point in life and you look back to see who you once were, you will be proud of yourself, you will feel empowered and know YOU CAN DO ANYTHING you want to do. But it takes:
1) Decision
2) Commitment
3) Action
4) Belief
Just do it!
To your unstoppable success...
Sunday, July 11, 2010
Tuesday, July 6, 2010
It Begins with a Decision
It is so easy to find excuses. We can use every avenue of escape imaginable to justify where we are in our lives. But the truth will always be the same if we just take a very deep look within.
"We are Where We are Because of Decisions and Actions We Have Taken!" Nothing more and nothing less.
When my husband died in 2009, it would have been very easy for me to take the low road. To feel sorry for myself and get even more pathetic about my physical condition and my health. To say that the time spent at the hospitals and the 24 hours per day caring for him, put me in a place where I could not turn back.
I could have easily accepted my age of 57 years old as being too old to change, too old to get healthy or too old to live again. That would have been the easy road and believe me, it was very tempting and very hard to not fall into that trap.
While dealing with the pain, I was working on getting my thoughts together, it occurred to me that first of all, Jerry would have never wanted me to just give up or give in and 2nd, it was not in my nature to take the easy way out of anything. I had to take some drastic action.
Jerry died on March 11, 2009. I decided even before the service that April 1st would be my "drop dead" date. I would do something dramatic about my life on April 1st. At that point, I was not sure what it would be, but it would be something. I stayed with my son until April 1st. On my 6 hour drive home I felt an energy overtake me. Yes, I was in a great deal of pain but I knew that I could turn the pain over to God and He would help me do whatever I needed to do.
On that drive home, my life changed dramatically. Dealing with the loss would be a long process, but dealing with me could be an adventure and I decided right then and there, to make my life an adventure in some way. I decided to TAKE CONTROL ONCE AND FOR ALL.
At that point, I did not know how or where to begin, but the decision was made. There were no other options for me. The only choice was taking control of my life, my health and my future. Boy was I in for quite a ride!
The hardest part was behind me, the decision was made. Understand this if nothing else...
When you make a decision at the level of eliminating all other options, there is only one route to take. Excuses and failure are NOT an option. The ONLY option is success. Nothing can stop you when you make a decision at this level. It is not a hope, a dream or something to "TRY", success is the only option.
To your unstoppable success...
"We are Where We are Because of Decisions and Actions We Have Taken!" Nothing more and nothing less.
When my husband died in 2009, it would have been very easy for me to take the low road. To feel sorry for myself and get even more pathetic about my physical condition and my health. To say that the time spent at the hospitals and the 24 hours per day caring for him, put me in a place where I could not turn back.
I could have easily accepted my age of 57 years old as being too old to change, too old to get healthy or too old to live again. That would have been the easy road and believe me, it was very tempting and very hard to not fall into that trap.
While dealing with the pain, I was working on getting my thoughts together, it occurred to me that first of all, Jerry would have never wanted me to just give up or give in and 2nd, it was not in my nature to take the easy way out of anything. I had to take some drastic action.
Jerry died on March 11, 2009. I decided even before the service that April 1st would be my "drop dead" date. I would do something dramatic about my life on April 1st. At that point, I was not sure what it would be, but it would be something. I stayed with my son until April 1st. On my 6 hour drive home I felt an energy overtake me. Yes, I was in a great deal of pain but I knew that I could turn the pain over to God and He would help me do whatever I needed to do.
On that drive home, my life changed dramatically. Dealing with the loss would be a long process, but dealing with me could be an adventure and I decided right then and there, to make my life an adventure in some way. I decided to TAKE CONTROL ONCE AND FOR ALL.
At that point, I did not know how or where to begin, but the decision was made. There were no other options for me. The only choice was taking control of my life, my health and my future. Boy was I in for quite a ride!
The hardest part was behind me, the decision was made. Understand this if nothing else...
When you make a decision at the level of eliminating all other options, there is only one route to take. Excuses and failure are NOT an option. The ONLY option is success. Nothing can stop you when you make a decision at this level. It is not a hope, a dream or something to "TRY", success is the only option.
To your unstoppable success...
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