We get into this mindset of, by now we should be this or that…people wish they didn't have to carry this extra weight here and there, could just run instead of walk, should see their stomach smaller, or could get those last 2 darn inches off the waist to fit into these jeans. Or when you feel like you're getting into a good groove and an injury comes into play and your accompanied by some pain in one part of the body or another. At this point, the next decision you make comes into play…should I come back with a vengeance or coast? By all means take a break, if you must, but DON”T EVER GIVE UP!

 

Nothing is wrong with every now and then if the clear light we say in the beginning becomes a dim light in the distance to our goals. There’s always hope available to us as long as we make the effort to find it at times we feel lost or when the light of hope might disappear as we get closer. Things that we don’t plan to be in our route need to be looked at as only a delusion. There will always be water to replenish our fast depleting thirst for more, for results, for a few more inches, or to be better with a steady diet plan.

 

Sometimes we have to drag our bodies and unwanted tails! Others we know just take off and call it a day. We don’t realize, sometimes we may be a bad sight to see looking in the mirror, trying to suck it in, not feeling happy in general. But when it comes to results and goals, despite how we feel, its about the survival of saying you MADE IT!! and DID IT!! Rather than the dignity side of things!

 

As you walk through the unknown and scary world of fitness, strength, and living a healthy lifestyle., keep one thought going through your mind…”Just take it one step at a time. Don’t worry about what will happen later, just think about each step…one small step to success” That’s the idea you want to hang on to and find the courage to get going. We move through the tall grass (setbacks, plateaus), our hands tired from the struggle of lifting weight after weight (dumbbells, body weight), bruised from all the mountains we've had to climb to get from one weight to the next, one body fat percentage to the next, our legs crying for mercy from the steep slopes and hurdles from our life outside the gym….but think in your head…it’s just one more small step!

 

So, you see, we're meant to take small steps to success all along… because together…all those small steps add up to hundreds of thousands of small steps to make 1 big change and/or many changes! Yes, we could have easily chosen not to take the first step/route, and feel sorry for ourselves. Of Course!!!! We could easily have stopped at any point we wanted to along the way due to frustration or lack of results. But that would have meant that we would not have ever gotten to our end destination.

 

We all have frustrations, fears, and uncertainties. But with each small step, those worries and insecurities will be crushed. The hardship and worry is a process. At the end of the day, success, is no mystery… It just only takes one small step to succeed!

 

Don’t wait to take that small step today and right now!!!!

 

 “A Journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step” -Lao-Tzu