Pushing through the tough spots

Somedays it's easy to be positive. Other days not so much. The difficult thing is often times, circumstances haven't changed a bit but our attitude and perspective is completely different. The key in those challenging days is to not give up.
Regardless of emotions, in spite of feelings, the key is one foot in front of the other. Keep on keeping on.
Everyone would be sucessful if there were no challenging times. What seperates sucessful people from unseccessful people is the resolve to NEVER GIVE UP.
I couldn't imagine what I would do if my strength didn't come from the Lord. Nehemiah 8:10 and Isaiah 41:10. I rely on him to renew my strength like an eagle and to give me complete peace. On the days it doesn't come easily, I just keep pushing through the tough spots.
I challenge you today to keep climbing, keep running. If you can't run then at least walk, but keep moving!

What inspires you?

What is it that gets you out of bed in the morning? Do you dread starting your day or are you excited about what the day will hold?
I am at a point in my life where I choose to enjoy and embrace what life has to offer. Gone are the days where I dread anything. Yes, there are things I don't want to do, conversations I do not want to have and choices that I do not want to make. But in spite of those things, I want to be where I'm at and relish life instead of dreading so much of life.
It's the little things. It's a hot cup of coffee. It's a spontaneous road trip. It's a bold move. A new business. It's quitting a job you don't like. It's removing toxic relationships. A brand new start. A new city. It's opening your heart to new friendships. Laughter. It's painting and getting messy. It's painting your nails different colors, just because you wanted to. It's dancing in front of a mirror, singing in the shower. It's enjoying your kids and then loving your free time. It's writing with abandon. It's anything done with abandon. It's saving and spending, living and most importantly loving.
It's time to stop letting life pass you by. Make some decisions. Take Risks and love your life.

Rounding a corner

Spring is coming. It HAS to be coming. I am at the point where it needs to get here, like tomorrow. I woke up this morning curled up in my bed and my room was so cold that I had no desire at all to get up. Yep ,I could have stayed in bed all day. But I didn't. I threw the covers off and pretty much ran to the coffee maker.
I trained three clients this morning and made an effort to get a decent workout in myself. It could have been better, but I am blaming it on the cold.
The rest of the afternoon I have spent in silence and let me tell you, it's been great.
I would be content to do this all day. I am at Starbucks working on my new computer (that I love) listening to jazz and drinking a hot cup of coffee. So pretty much this girl's version of heaven.
I have had a lot of thinking time today, did some reflecting.
So, I starting my own personal training business last month. I have been working towards this for the past few years but unintentionally. People would call and I would take them on as clients but I viewed it as "side work" I realized after I had an almost full schedule that I was in fact running my own business just unofficially. Weird how that happened.
I named it Crystal Clear Fitness. Cute huh? Little play on words for ya.
I couldn't be happier. Life in my world has been a struggle for the past few years and let me tell you, it feels great to be on the right track.
I am so in love with what I am doing that it doesn't even feel like work.
Isn't that how is should be?
To get here I had to make hard choices, make decisions that people didn't agree with, work hard, work long, be patient, choose joy. Smile.
It goes to show. Things will get better, they always do. My life is a living testimony of that fact.