Wednesday, July 28, 2010

What if I stopped the What if’s

Wednesday’s have become my routine, my play day, my What if’s and wishes.

Today, I am asking myself, what if I stopped the what if’s for awhile.

I love quotes, and some of my favorite quotes are from Les Brown.  The shoot for the moon quote that I refer to often falls right in line in my top five.  It’s positive, its motivating, it gives me the sense that EVERYTHING is worth the effort.  There is one other quote, however, that is even more powerful for me, but I don’t share as often.   It is “Someone’s opinion of you does NOT have to become your reality.”  That is EXACTLY what I had done all these years.  Other people’s opinions became my own opinions and then became my reality.  That was my excuses!

My What if’s have been:

  • What if I lost 50 lbs by my 50 birthday
  • What if I trusted myself, particularly my creative ideas and talents, more
  • What if I believed in myself?
  • What if I followed my own advice
  • What if I just let things happen
  • What if I allowed me to know me
  • What if I shattered all the negative image I grew up with
  • The What if Bombshell

And that brings this exercise FULL Circle! Full Circle to gratitude.

The What if Bombshell is Fitarella.   Yes, Jacq, its partially your fault!  Your partner in crime is Carla, better known as MizFitOnline.  I sent the two of them an email of gratitude last week, but I want to share some of it with all of you.  It may have been Jacq and Carla’s two exercises combined, but it really has to do with each and every one of you that read my posts and who post the powerful, honest, posts that have pulled me out of that “All alone!” feeling. There are SO many people I am grateful to, and each has their own very special place in my heart.  Each of you has become a precious brick on my Yellow Brick Road.

In just 3 short months, I have stepped out of a shell that has been in place for over 40 years.  Yes, there are others to thank but the combo of the two of you and the What If I had No Excuses has brought me to a place I often only dreamed and wished for.
The tattoo on my back is the Ruby Red Slippers, the Yellow Brick Road, and the Wicked Witch’s Tower with light beams out of the windows.  It was to express my want for sending light out from my dark tower.  The power of the What If’s and the No Excuses propelled me to that place and I have stepped out of that tower.

Another blogger that has been SO deeply instrumental in helping me step out of the tower is Diane at Fit to the Finish.  Diane gently urged me to do some things that really helped me step out of my tower.  The questions she asked lead me to seeing my defensiveness as an excuse, which lead me to Carla which lead me to Jacq…and so on.

So, I am stopping the What if’s for awhile.  Now, it is just time for dedication, devotion, and walking on my path of diligent efforts.    The only opinion that matters, is the opinion I have of myself.  And I am going to follow my own advice to reach my GOALS…. Good Orderly Actions Leading to Success! AND that includes going back to some Real basic tools…….Reading, Writing, and Arithmetic.    Yep! Read other blogs, Write my blogs, and it all ADDS up to time for taking action!

50 by 50, here I come!

Tell me a post or blogger that has had a significant impact on you recently!

Wednesday, July 28, 2010