Happy Motivational Monday! Today’s quote is
“It is better to take many small steps in the right direction than to make a great leap forward only to stumble backward.”
― Louis Sachar
**Written on 3/9/15**
This morning, I was awaken by the birds chirping and the sunlight beating on my face. I reached to grab my phone off the nightstand and look at the time. It’s 5 AM and I had a choice… Do I turnover and put the cover over my head for a couple more hours of shuteye or do I choose to do something different? As I rubbed the crust from my eyes, something told me that it was time… It was time to set out and put feet to pavement. No matter for how little time, I had to get outside today. I had no reasons not to; the weather was warmer than normal, I was up earlier enough that I could do it and still get to work on time. Therefore, the only thing that was stopping me was myself… As I laid in the bed, I tried to figure out a valid excuse for me to continue to laying there. However, I could not find one. There were no outside influences, just me. Sometimes you are the only person standing in the way of your success. I sighed deeply and I said to myself let do this. I took a deep breath and sat up, and turn my body so that my legs are hanging off the bed. Then scooted myself off the bed onto the floor. As my feet landed on the ground, the bed made a loud creak, waking up the misses briefly. She asked where I was going and I responded I am going for walk. She said, okay be safe and turned over.
As a started to get dressed, so many thoughts ran through my mind… Still trying to find a reason not to go for walk, it felt like it took forever to find something to wear… I put on my jacket and turned on some music on my iPhone. The first song that played was, Til I Collapse by Eminem… As I sat on the stairs tying my shoes, it seems like all the voices in my head seemed to be gone and it was only the music and me as I walked out the door.
I walked around the road in my condominium complex. The road is approximately a 1/3 of mile-long… As the music played, my head nods and feet hit the pavement. It felt familiar… It felt like I belonged out here. As I continued to walk around my condominium complex, I had seen six turkeys playing in the snow. As I got closer to them, I decided I would try to catch one. The turkeys flew away and I laughed in amazement because I never knew turkeys fly. After I stopped laughing I heard, “One mile completed,” in my headphones and I thought to myself it would be a good time to head home.
Once I got to the doorstep of my condo, I felt good… I was glad that I did not listen to the voices in my head today. Even though it was like pulling teeth to get myself out there and walk, I would not change anything about today’s experience. I would do it over just like this and even though I only walked a bit over a mile today, I know that it was a small step in the right direction. If I keep this up, I will be running again in no time.
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