Down But Not Out

As this new year charges along you are going to be faced with days of defeat.  It happens.  You may binge on something, you may sustain some kind of pain that holds you back from hitting your goals.  There may be some personal things that happen, that make you feel ill prepared mentally to take on the physical challenge.

This is part of life.  This is part of moving forward.  Part of growing as a person.

There will be storms that approach, unexpected mishaps that you hadn’t planned for, that broadside you out of nowhere.  You will be knocked down.

But you don’t have to stay down.   You don’t have to stay down with your face buried in the dirt.  That feeling of defeat that starts to overwhelm you?  Push back.  Push against it and tell yourself that you have what it takes.

When you feel like you are down for the count, count to 3 and get back up.  Rise to your feet, and rise stronger, and taller than you were before.  Because you don’t have defeat under your belt.  You have experience, you have insight because you’ve been there.  Use it as motivation.  You are better that the trials and defeats that come your way.  You are stronger.

If you need some extra motivation today.  Watch this, it’s one of my favorite movie scenes ever Rocky Balboa