Most people I work with who struggle to achieve goals or make significant lifestyle changes tell me they will get started once everything is just right.....when the kids go to school, once the kids get out of school, when the weather gets warmer, once the weather gets cooler, when they feel better, when the hectic pace of their lives slows. The reality is that timing will never be perfect. There will always be challenges, obstacles and less than optimal conditions. So what. Get started now. With every step you take, you will grow stronger and more capable, more confident and eventually more successful. Those challenges along the way only serve to make the future successes taste that much sweeter. Crossing the finish line of a marathon, stepping on a scale and seeing the needle hit a goal weight, having someone hand you that college diploma....why are those experiences so emotional? Because they were easy to achieve? No way. The emotional high of those life-changing experiences comes from the sacrifices, the challenges, the doubt, the difficulty, and the roadblocks along the way to the dream - those things which would have caused countless others to pack it in. The truth is most people don't even start, because they are way too comfortable, or the pain of starting the journey is far too great. They can't visualize the goal - they can't see, feel, smell, or taste success. So here's your challenge. Figure out what it is you want. Visualize the moment you've achieved the goal. Take it in. Find someone to help you with a plan, someone who's been there before, then ask that person to hold you accountable. Then take that first step.....and BELIEVE.
PHIL 4:13
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