A touch of Positivity
Ok friends, i’m not sure if anyone else here does this, and if so then great! The more positive influence, the better. I am going to start implementing little thoughts of positivity into my blogs for everyone to read, meditate on, or whatever it is you do with it. I hope you enjoy it. I thoroughy enjoy reading books and meditating on what matters most…a better perspective.
My first post will be a quote by Ralph Waldo Emerson. He said "What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us." (1.5)
My personal thoughts on the quote - (and i would invite yours as well)
People most often live in either the past, or the future. They are concerned with what they wished they could change in the past, or live everyday hoping for something better in the future. They may also live for a certain future event. "I’ll be happy when I ____."
Their is not personal creative power when living in the past or the future, but only when living in today. We can never really know what truely lies within us, if we are never paying attention. Yes the past happened, embrace it for it’s experience. The future? Well, you are never really guaranteed that part, and we never really know what is to come anyways, so it is fruitless to DWELL on. (planning for the future is different, because we plan in the present.)
Build a better future by enjoying all the great things that happen today. We miss so much each day that we are not conciously living. Live in the present, and realize what you have now! Don’t trip on what you lost back then, and what you MIGHT have years from now. You have so much to believe in and be greatful for today. Dig it up, live it, and enjoy each day.
How I tie this to bodybuilding.
Forget about your past failures, on what you cheated on yesterday or the week before. There is nothing left in those memories. Don’t predict perfection for your future workouts and nutrition goals. We’re not perfect obviously. Instead, appreciate your success and experience in today and today only. Make each days workout a huge success, and truely appreciate your dedication in that day alone. If that day was a defeat, acknowledge your defeat in that one day, grab the experience and trash the memory. Overdo your compliments to yourself each day. Don’t wait for someone else to congratulate you on a great day of training and eating healthy.
Again, these are my personal thoughts on the subject. I can’t say that I’m right in my opinions, but it is alot of fun to ponder these thoughts. Take care.
I leave with this small thought. - If a friend, talked to, treated, insulted, belittled you like you do to yourself, would you still be friends with that person?
