Halfway through another work week and another Quote of the Day. Life moves fast and it never seems to stop or slow down. It can be so easy for me to get caught up in rushing from one milestone to the next. When I first began my journey I had been on it for several months and I was getting wore down. The road to change often feels very long and at times even never ending. I was getting wore down because I wasn’t seeing any results. I was looking at the numbers and I was losing weight but no one had commented on it. Now, let’s be clear, I didn’t start my journey to get compliments but it is always nice when efforts get noticed. One day I was walking to my desk and a co-worker pulled me aside away from everyone and asked if I was feeling ok. She went on to say that she noticed I had been losing weight and she wanted to make sure I was doing it on purpose and that it wasn’t suffering from something like Cancer. I was stunned. I was ready to give up because I hadn’t seen changes taking place and yet someone else saw them as so dramatic as to garner some concern for my health. In a weird way that was so satisfying and it was just the shot in the arm I needed at that time to help spur me on even further. A similar circumstance happened here more recently on my journey. I speak frequently about the importance of my niece and nephew on my journey and my progress. I have recently had the opportunity to spend time with them. In that time they asked me to play with them and I was able to just get down on the floor and crawl around with them and play and have fun. In the moment it was so much fun but as I got to looking back on that moment at the end of the day it hit me like a ton of bricks. I was able to do something I had been working to make sure I could do and I was able to do it without incident or issue. It made me smile and it cemented that as far as I have come, I have to keep going so that I can have more moments like those. The sentiment that I’m talking about isn’t just accomplishment. I find that I all too often treat my goals as more of a to-do list instead of something more, something bigger. They are fulfilling. They help show me my effort is paying off. They spur me to keep going, to do more, to persevere. Take a couple minutes today and enjoy the feeling of a job well done. They don’t come as often as we’d like. Have a blessed day, y’all! Stay safe, stay dry and enjoy another beautiful day.
