Aletha aka Williemina

I read two great quotes that can sum up my journey back to getting fit.   "I am convinced that life is 10% what happens to me and 90% how I react to it."  (Charles Swindoll)  "It’s not what I say, but how I say it.  It’s not what I do, but the way I do it." (Mae West)

 I read these quotes daily to remind me that when I walk outside of my space and enter the world, that I must remain focused.  Often times, my confidence and faith is intimidating to others.  Even though I have a kind and respectful spirit, I often feel uncomfortable at how I am perceived and how people react to me.  It kills them that I’m so quite.  But, it is only in silence where we can hear our thoughts.

I was reactive to the manner in which I was and am treated, but since I’ve been training on my own, I’ve rediscovered that place of meditative silence where my mind is connected to my every being.  Whenever, I sense the negative thoughts or the negative reactions, I now just brush it to the side.  I no longer react.  After all, a thought is only a word that is waiting to be acted out.

It is in this place, I am at peace with the fact that as long as I change my thoughts to the positive, the negatives will not cause my body to react.

P.S. I do talk a lot, when I’m comfortable…LOL