There's really nothing like getting things started than by starting things. Deep and profound, I know. Take this whole new year business, for instance. People sit around the night before and discuss all the changes they are going to make when the new year hits and BLAM the new year hits and BLAM no one is changing anything. It has all been a load of hooey. A waste of breath. Promises unfulfilled. Lies heaped upon lies garnished with untruths with a side of pants on fire.
Most of us want to change things in our lives but never get around to it. Why? If you want to make the changes you wish to see in yourself, what's stopping you? You don't know? I'll tell you. It's you. It's always been you. It will always be you. It's not your busy schedule. It's not your kids. It's not your long work day. It's not your hurt knee or your bad back. It's not your lack of funds. It's not your lack of sleep.
It's you.
You.
Every time. Every day. You stopping you.
Yet, you still make those promises to yourself, knowing that it's empty, as empty as the excuses you will pile upon it when you fail... when you let yourself go... when you let yourself down.
Do you know what is great about all this? I'll tell you that, too.
Do you know what will help you make the changes you wish to see in yourself? You don't know? I'll tell you. It's you. It's always been you. It will always be you, despite your busy schedule, your precious children, your long work day, your lingering ailments, your empty wallet, or your sleep deprivation.
It's you.
Always.
You are the reason for what you are, how you act, what you do, and how you feel. You are the reason for your weakness or your strength. You are the reason for your broken diets or your better health. You are the reason for avoiding the starting line or crossing the finish line. You are the excuses behind your reasons or you are the reason you don't make excuses.
You are the reason for you and it's time you resolved to be the you you always promised yourself you would be.
It's time you stopped being an excuse.
It's time you started being the incredible, courageous, simply amazing you.
Most of us want to change things in our lives but never get around to it. Why? If you want to make the changes you wish to see in yourself, what's stopping you? You don't know? I'll tell you. It's you. It's always been you. It will always be you. It's not your busy schedule. It's not your kids. It's not your long work day. It's not your hurt knee or your bad back. It's not your lack of funds. It's not your lack of sleep.
It's you.
You.
Every time. Every day. You stopping you.
Yet, you still make those promises to yourself, knowing that it's empty, as empty as the excuses you will pile upon it when you fail... when you let yourself go... when you let yourself down.
Do you know what is great about all this? I'll tell you that, too.
Do you know what will help you make the changes you wish to see in yourself? You don't know? I'll tell you. It's you. It's always been you. It will always be you, despite your busy schedule, your precious children, your long work day, your lingering ailments, your empty wallet, or your sleep deprivation.
It's you.
Always.
You are the reason for what you are, how you act, what you do, and how you feel. You are the reason for your weakness or your strength. You are the reason for your broken diets or your better health. You are the reason for avoiding the starting line or crossing the finish line. You are the excuses behind your reasons or you are the reason you don't make excuses.
You are the reason for you and it's time you resolved to be the you you always promised yourself you would be.
It's time you stopped being an excuse.
It's time you started being the incredible, courageous, simply amazing you.
Happy New Year (a few weeks late)!
Illustrious
