Is your fear holding you back?
I ask that question today...because it was one that I struggled to answer last night on my long drive home from work.
What brought this question to mind was a sudden urge to stop at my favorite store and attack a container of my favorite yet deadly, toxic fat cookies.
As I drove I wondered why I had this urge. I am eating clean, I have added the right kinds of fats...I am working out regularly and I have never felt or looked better in my life thanks to Body for Life and this nurturing community.
Why do I have these thoughts of self sabotage?
Then it came to me; the fear of SUCCESS!
Somewhere deep inside I fear victory. I fear being the best I can be.
It sounds a bit silly when you consider I have spent the last three plus years trying to succeed.
But I figure that personal success on this level is relatively new to me, a bit of an unknown commodity.
Failure on the otherhand is like a sick old friend. I know how to take care of it..I know what to expect...sadly its been kinda comforting.
As I mulled this over I realized that we cannot really know what the next day or the next minute will bring. Yes failure happens. But success can happen too. It takes those little successes to train us into accepting the idea of big successes...and the joys that they can and do bring.
Most of us are fearless in some instances.
If someone threatens our child, our dog, our home or our rights....we muster up the courage to do what needs to be done.
Well--I figure our good health is just as important and we need to be fearless in obtaining it.
Did I stop for my cookie binge last night? After my heart to heart self talk I did not. I drove home. When I got there...I went right into my kitchen and had a couple of ounces of clean protein and a big glass of ice cold water.
It was a trade off. But it actually empowered me and today I'm one baby step closer to facing my fear of success.
Thanks goes out today to John, Deana, and Jesse for being my special BFL Buddies.
Have a powerful BFL day---eat clean and train hard....keep your eye on the prize!
What brought this question to mind was a sudden urge to stop at my favorite store and attack a container of my favorite yet deadly, toxic fat cookies.
As I drove I wondered why I had this urge. I am eating clean, I have added the right kinds of fats...I am working out regularly and I have never felt or looked better in my life thanks to Body for Life and this nurturing community.
Why do I have these thoughts of self sabotage?
Then it came to me; the fear of SUCCESS!
Somewhere deep inside I fear victory. I fear being the best I can be.
It sounds a bit silly when you consider I have spent the last three plus years trying to succeed.
But I figure that personal success on this level is relatively new to me, a bit of an unknown commodity.
Failure on the otherhand is like a sick old friend. I know how to take care of it..I know what to expect...sadly its been kinda comforting.
As I mulled this over I realized that we cannot really know what the next day or the next minute will bring. Yes failure happens. But success can happen too. It takes those little successes to train us into accepting the idea of big successes...and the joys that they can and do bring.
Most of us are fearless in some instances.
If someone threatens our child, our dog, our home or our rights....we muster up the courage to do what needs to be done.
Well--I figure our good health is just as important and we need to be fearless in obtaining it.
Did I stop for my cookie binge last night? After my heart to heart self talk I did not. I drove home. When I got there...I went right into my kitchen and had a couple of ounces of clean protein and a big glass of ice cold water.
It was a trade off. But it actually empowered me and today I'm one baby step closer to facing my fear of success.
Thanks goes out today to John, Deana, and Jesse for being my special BFL Buddies.
Have a powerful BFL day---eat clean and train hard....keep your eye on the prize!
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