I found this on Pinterest today…
Then I had a moment of “omg, that’s right!”
As if I was surprised Pinterest could enlighten me with some life lesson that I needed to learn at 26 years old.
I thought about how this applies to all aspects of my life not just the fitness aspect which was of course the obvious applications based on the photo. But I thought about how when you lose a loved-one in your family what do people tell you?
“It will get easier”
When you start a new job and you are confused and feel like you don’t understand anything, what does your boss tell you?
“It will get easier”
When you are 16 with a broken heart from the boy that didn’t want to take you to the dance what does your mom tell you as she wipes away the tears from your eyes?
“It will get easier”
We are brought up hearing those 4 words. A lot. And they are always said to us with the best intentions as to tell us that even though things feel hard and frustrating at that very moment that we won’t feel like that forever. But after reading that Pinterest inspiration it really made me think about how much more impactful it is to tell someone that THEY will get stronger. THEY will make the different. That THEIR hard work will pay off. It won’t be magic or luck that makes them feel less frustrated or broken but rather their own self.
I hope I remember this when I am a parent someday.
But it really inspired me to get excited for the half marathon training program that I will be starting on July 9th. I am using the Hal Higdon Half Marathon Novice 1 i-phone app and suddenly really looking forward to the training. All this time I have been thinking by week 3 or week 4 things will be easier. And now that I think about it that is not really rewarded.
This sounds more rewarding.
By week 3 or week 4 I will have busted by ass so hard that I WILL BE BETTER and STRONGER and therefore things will come naturally to me which will end up feeling “easier”.
Hmmmm. Let me process that for a second. Yes, got it. MY BODY my very own body and my WILLINGNESS to challenge myself and my STRENGTH to keep going and my COMMITT to my goals will make all the difference.
Not Harry Potter magic that I wish really existed.
I will be better.
So while I have been slacking off on my running- that stops here VERY soon. I am about to get very serious about my training because I want to SPRINT across that finish line on September 29th. I want to walk, skip, and jump the next day and not be so sore that I can’t move. I want to reward my body AND my mind for a job well done.
I can wait for things to get magically easier OR I can work hard and I can be BETTER and I can determine my own destiny.
Which will you choose?
