Many people in my life, many things in my life are changing right now. I couldn't be more happy about this! Change may be inevitable, as the saying goes, but there is a general resistance to allow it. Consequently, when it does occur, the power from the energy that it takes to undergo change ripples out far beyond the initial source.
Be change.
Allow change.
Support change in others.
Let change end in failure.
Let change win over people.
Believe in yourself enough to change.
Pick change up off the street. :)
Dare yourself to be scared.
What you see as being very scary may be what someone else sees as a little scary.
What you see as a little scary may be what someone else sees a hugely scary.
Dare yourself to be scared and find out what's on the other side of that.
Being resistant to change is easier than being open to it.
If you're resistant, you may have to:
do no work
be in a rut
get stuck in fear
never truly be your whole you
never learn anything new
stay hidden
secretly dislike yourself
If you're open to change you may have to:
do some work
make an effort
be a little uncomfortable
learn a new activity
feel a moment of uncertainty
be less than perfect
find some inner strength
learn something new about yourself
begin to like yourself
appreciate everyone else more
smile, really smile....and often
Dare yourself to be scared. Amazing things can happen.
1.29.2013
1.24.2013
thought bubbles
The CrossFit Games Open, 2013, is right around the corner. In fact, registration opens next week. I am hoping to qualify again as I would love to take another trip out to CA.
That said, it makes me nervous as hell. It's actually harder this year than last year. In 2011 I missed the cut by one spot. Having made it in 2012, then doing well at the Games, I feel more pressure. I'm reminding myself to keep those thoughts at a distance...stop them all together if that's possible. Biggest take from last year is that all I can do is the best I've got on any given day, and that I had a blast from the start of the Open to the end of the Games. That is what I need to focus on.
So much of what we do on any given day is easier or harder because of our own mental attitude toward it. Pretty sure this is not a new concept! Still, we have an uncanny ability to get in our own way, blocked by those "thought bubbles" that swirl around us. They are just airy bubbles. Blow them away! And DO NOT let anyone else's thought bubbles invade your territory. Blow those away even faster!!
Conceptually, this sounds easy. Reality? Some days we'd be hyperventillating trying to blow them all away. Those are the days to reposition oneself...head up, chest up, deep breath, and just know...know that you will have the best day you can have for that day. Not every day is going to be the same. Not every day will be perfect. Not everyday will be the worst. It's just a day...another day to experience.
Yeah, not so easy, but like everything we do, this needs practice. My focus is on practicing this as the Open gets closer. It's always fun, but in a twisted sort of way. I want to try to keep the twists out of it this year.
Course, that said, it doesn't help when I go to my coach's blog and he has that damn CrossFit Games Open countdown pic on the side of his entries. I can't blow hard enough to get that off my computer screen!
That said, it makes me nervous as hell. It's actually harder this year than last year. In 2011 I missed the cut by one spot. Having made it in 2012, then doing well at the Games, I feel more pressure. I'm reminding myself to keep those thoughts at a distance...stop them all together if that's possible. Biggest take from last year is that all I can do is the best I've got on any given day, and that I had a blast from the start of the Open to the end of the Games. That is what I need to focus on.
So much of what we do on any given day is easier or harder because of our own mental attitude toward it. Pretty sure this is not a new concept! Still, we have an uncanny ability to get in our own way, blocked by those "thought bubbles" that swirl around us. They are just airy bubbles. Blow them away! And DO NOT let anyone else's thought bubbles invade your territory. Blow those away even faster!!Conceptually, this sounds easy. Reality? Some days we'd be hyperventillating trying to blow them all away. Those are the days to reposition oneself...head up, chest up, deep breath, and just know...know that you will have the best day you can have for that day. Not every day is going to be the same. Not every day will be perfect. Not everyday will be the worst. It's just a day...another day to experience.
Yeah, not so easy, but like everything we do, this needs practice. My focus is on practicing this as the Open gets closer. It's always fun, but in a twisted sort of way. I want to try to keep the twists out of it this year.
Course, that said, it doesn't help when I go to my coach's blog and he has that damn CrossFit Games Open countdown pic on the side of his entries. I can't blow hard enough to get that off my computer screen!
1.03.2013
be a friend
2013.
Who can possibly come up with the best, most memorable advice/observation/profundity for this new year? You know EVERYone is trying. Yes, even me. Not all of mydamn, someone beat me to it winning entries have made it to the keyboard. Some are still stuck in *thought bubbles* over my own head.
What I realized this morning as I was reading a lot of insights about goals for 2013 is that the most important goal we can set out for ourselves...in my omnipotent opinion of course :)...is that we be great friends all year.
Easy to be a good friend, right?
Listen.
Be kind.
Show respect.
Spend quality one on one time.
Embrace imperfections as individual beauty.
The hard part is executing those actions toward oneself, which is exactly where I challenge everyone to direct those actions.
Be a friend to yourself.
Succeed at that and every other goal will find its home.
Perhaps the most meaningful quote I've ever read addressing that concept is:
"If we treated our friends the way we treat ourselves, we wouldn't have very many friends."
2013.
Be your own best friend.
Appreciate and enjoy.
Take care of yourself physically and emotionally.
Create a vortex of positive energy around yourself.
Let go of the notion that you need to please everyone.
Breathe and lighten up.
Be kind.
In turn, all of this will ripple out to those around you...best side effect ever!!
Have a great year (re)discovering yourself.
Who can possibly come up with the best, most memorable advice/observation/profundity for this new year? You know EVERYone is trying. Yes, even me. Not all of my
What I realized this morning as I was reading a lot of insights about goals for 2013 is that the most important goal we can set out for ourselves...in my omnipotent opinion of course :)...is that we be great friends all year.
Easy to be a good friend, right?
Listen.
Be kind.
Show respect.
Spend quality one on one time.
Embrace imperfections as individual beauty.
The hard part is executing those actions toward oneself, which is exactly where I challenge everyone to direct those actions.
Be a friend to yourself.
Succeed at that and every other goal will find its home.
Perhaps the most meaningful quote I've ever read addressing that concept is:
"If we treated our friends the way we treat ourselves, we wouldn't have very many friends."
2013.
Be your own best friend.
Appreciate and enjoy.
Take care of yourself physically and emotionally.
Create a vortex of positive energy around yourself.
Let go of the notion that you need to please everyone.
Breathe and lighten up.
Be kind.
In turn, all of this will ripple out to those around you...best side effect ever!!
Have a great year (re)discovering yourself.
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