Sometimes I find life so incredibly hard. I look up at the things I want to achieve and they seem so daunting, so far away and almost impossible. My greatest dream is to own a lodge with James out in the country and to have a massive big vegetable and herb garden, heaps of fruits…., travel loads and to share and help people with their health. … on so many levels!
It all seems so unobtainable at the moment and it got me thinking about the things we find challenging and what we do about them.
I looked back on my life and the things I thought I could never do. I never thought I would ever learn to ride a bike…. I know this sounds funny but when I was only 10 that bike seemed really high and really scary. I fell so many times and hurt my knees and my hands that it felt like the most impossible thing! How is one supposed to stay up on a thing which can’t even stand up on its own? It seemed so hard at the time and yet now, it is so easy and not even a question on whether I can do it or not.
A really silly example now…… I have always had an issue with my arms. My upper arms. I have always felt they were too flabby and wanted defined arms with muscle definition. I complained about it for years – not that I did anything constructive about it. I would buy dumb-bells and they would simply sit under the bed! I would look at girls in envy of their arms – I know I am a little strange! Thing is, the other day I looked at a video of myself and really noticed that my arm definition has improved! I looked in the mirror and lifted my arm and wow!!! I had some real definition developing…. Yoga is definitely the one to thank for this one as the dumb bells are still under the bed!
Thing is, we can build things up like they are these massive big unachievable tasks or challenges. We think that “other girls” can have that or have something you don’t to allow you to have it, or we think that somehow we don’t deserve it. We make the thing so much bigger in our mind. We make it massive and impossible and hard and ….. oh just forget it! It’s not going to happen for me anyways!
Well, thing is, things are possible. We can achieve whatever we want to achieve. We have to first believe that we deserve it, we can achieve it and then make it happen with taking constructive steps every day or week on getting there.
It is like my flabby arms. I kinda knew that Yoga helped in this department and when I first started I didn’t see any difference. I decided not to focus on my arms and make it more about the other benefits of Yoga. I started with a really basic DVD from home and soon learnt the fundamentals and wanting more. I bought a more intense Yoga DVD and initially thought it would be too challenging. Well, I have done the whole thing without stopping at least twice since I started it! I do Yoga daily and the exercises become easier with each day and yes I am getting decidably stronger in the process too!
One of the hardest things I have learnt this year has been that every single thing we achieve in life comes from little steps. I know you probably know this one already but it never really sunk in for me. I always thought that things happen in BIG moments. Like you quit your job and just open a business or you make a decision and somehow it just happens for you. It took me this long (now in my mid 30’s) to realise that things start with a thought or idea and then it takes consistent action for something to come out of that idea. It is not a quick thing that happens overnight. Successful people don’t just become successful overnight. People don’t just loose weight or develop nicely defined arms overnight! J It takes doing a little every single day and eventually getting to where you need to be. I never had the commitment or the patience for this in the past. I was so impulsive and wanted things to happen quickly…. now, now, now girl!
Thing is, when I look back on my life now and the things I have achieved I realise the things that I devote the most of my time to on a daily basis are the very things that ground me, make me happy and healthy and are my greatest achievements. This blog is definitely one of them! They are in fact the very things that I have devoted daily routine to – even when I don’t realise it!
So, ladies if the road to a healthier you seems a little too daunting…. take one step today and another one tomorrow and when you look back a year from now, it will all seem so incredibly easy!
This rule certainly applies to anything you want to achieve! Just take that first step!
“Do the difficult things while they are easy and do the great things while they are small. A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step.”
Lao Tzu
Author of Cure Endometriosis & Eating with Mel.
I got inspired by what u said about the super market fruits and veggies being sprayed. I don’t know if this is a strange coincidence, but since i started eating organic, I feel less sluggish… Also, its so much easier to say no to nasty foods when I remember what I am putting my liver through. Don’t stop sharing Melissa!
Hi Neda. It is probably a whole new approach to eating that has helped too
. It is funny we often attribute feeling better to one thing but chances are pretty high that we have changed other things in the process. It all works together and makes us feel better! Naturally organic is always best and you will help your liver making it easier to heal too 
Endo is awful!! But, I love your posts; they always make me feel better. Keep them coming! (:
It is my pleasure Jessi! I shall do!
Very inspiring!
Thanks! Glad you enjoyed it!