Quote Credit to @fleurdelisspeaks
Shit man…I feel like I have not blogged in forever! Keepin’ it real…it’s 10:57pm, I am tired AF (the husband is away on business and I am riding solo for four days…ok not totally solo because I do have my in-laws), but I am so inspired by this quote that I have to write!
So here we go!
As many of you know, over the last year I have embarked on this health and wellness journey. With my original intention focused on weight loss, what I would discover on my journey is that the end result was not actually the win, but the little nuggets you learnt about yourself along the way were. You see in the world of health and wellness, we place so much emphasis on the end result that when we don’t achieve it – what happens? We feel disappointed and act like we haven’t achieved anything. With the concept of gratification and satisfaction based on someone makig a full “turnaround”, so many of us miss our opportunity to celebrate the pebbles that create the path to our transformation.
As I come closer to another milestone in my life (I am 40 in 41 days to be exact!) I find myself asking the question – for all the times that I have made a commitment to live optimally, or be more healthy, what was so different this time? One of the main things that I feel was a game changer was recognizing that eventhough I had not yet achieved full transformation, what I had accomplished was not reverting to who I used to be. Now let me be clear – who I was a year ago was not bad. In fact some of the my most endearing qualities that attract people to me is foundational and will remain forever (wink wink). What I am talking about are those little pebbles that act as pieces of a new puzzle – shifting you from me to moi!
The path to self discovery and the desire to achieve your optimal self – if you really think about it- shouldn’t have an end date, because growth is a continuum. How does the quote go “Never Stop Learning Because Life Never Stops Teaching.” If we accept this statement as truth, then there is no way that we can accept that there is an end state to personal growth and self-discovery.
STOP puttig pressure on yourself to be the new 2.0 version of yourself, and celebrate that you are the 1.1 version! Take-in what you have learnt about yourself and place that pebble in front of you for you may not be who you want to be, but you sure as hell are not who you used to be!
