What’s important is not necessarily where you are, but in
what direction you are going. Oliver Wendel Holmes.
Congrats to Lynn on achieving her 50lb certificate and to
Kerry for getting to goal, I don’t always mention the successes in the meetings
on my blog but trust me they’re always occurring.
It looks like Spring has sprung, which means it’s a greattime for a bit of a spring clean, whether that be your house, your kitchen cupboards, your wardrobe or your mind, a good old clear out can do you the world of good. Getting rid of things can be very therapeutic, I plan to do some myself this weekend, and once more I shall attack my office and bedroom! 
If you’re not up for being quite that energetic, how about
clearing a bit of mental clutter, giving your mind a bit of a spring
clean. Firstly, let’s start by getting
rid of the word “WHY?” Stop asking the question ‘Why’, it’s the biggest word
baddie of them all, when used negatively, as in ‘why me?’, instead try thinking
‘why not me?’ then make the necessary changes to ensure it doesn’t keep
happening. You’re the one that’s in
charge of who you are, where you’re going and what you want, so decide right
now to make life happen how you want to.
We all get faced with problems, the secret to success is to
turn those problems into challenges!
To illustrate this, I’ve found another story for you;
The Day the Bull
Stood in the Road
One day I was standind on a road. This road is know by many names: Life,
Growth, Achievement, Faith, Happiness… I was just standing there, looking at
something on the road up ahead. The think
I saw was a huge, mean-looking bull. And
this bull was blocking my path. I knew
that to keep moving ahead I was going to have to get past that bull. It scared me just to think about it. For a long, long time I stood still, looking
at the bull, hoping and praying it would somehow move from my path so I could
continue along the road. However,
nothing changed, except that I heard a distant voice whisper, “Do whatever it
is you have to do in order to continue along the journey.”
That was the day I decided to take a deep breath, gather all
the strength I could muster, and take the bull by the horns. I knew that in so doing I would have to
accept whatever consequences followed – good, bad, or indifferent. Having decided to be completely responsible
for whatever happened to me, I set aside my doubts and fears and marched right
up to that bull, grabbed those horns, and said, “All right, bull! You’ve got to get out of my way or fight with
me – which will it be?”
Well, you’ll never believe what happened next! That crazy bull sat down right on the road,
sighed and spoke to me. “What took you
so long getting here?” he asked. “I’ve
been standing here waiting to offer you a ride.
Hop up on my back and show me where it is you want to go.”
What was thought to be an insurmountable problem turned out
to be a blessing instead. All that I needed
was the courage to discover the blessing.
Remember the best place to find a helping hand is at the end
of your own arm.
So today go help yourself – and I don’t mean to seconds at
dinner!
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