Choose Your Hard

The first time I heard Coach say that I thought of it as a cliche' statement that everyone who is doing better in life says. Yeah, ok, why would I want to choose hard (in any capacity). Who want wants to look at option A and think man that's hard and then look at option B and think man that's even harder. At first, I thought the statement was bullsh**. Give me something real, give me something that is direct and makes all my problems go away. Little did I know that isn't as easy as just handing you an easier way, it's hard, damn hard.

4 Workshops later, I have worked on myself a lot! I have given my 100% and I have given 10%; I really learned it was what you put into it. My success was directly effected by not only the effort I put in but the "hard" I chose to do. At times, it felt like crawling up a mountain, at times it felt like I was in a deep hole and at times I felt like I was with family (all the other members in the workshop).

Now I am in a new group, Coach is still in it but he is right there beside us proving to us that you can choose your hard. Whether that is taking the time to eat healthier, be purposeful with your day, understand your strengths and utilize them or do nothing at all. I now realize that it really is about "choosing your hard."

For most of us, life wasn't handed to us on a silver platter. In fact, life threw us curve balls we never saw coming. Some of that is childhood trauma, some of that is more recent trauma and some of it is not "considered" trauma but in reality it really was trauma. Through my own choice of perseverance, trying to be the best version of me and learning so many things along the way, I realized that being vigilant, continuing on, moving forward, forgetting the past, letting go of things that no longer serve you is all REALLY fricken hard!

A lot of you know my story and some of you don't. A lot of trauma's in my life, a physical body that has been pushed to the limits and now I am working on reclaiming. I mess up, today I messed up big time in the nutritional/hydrating part of my day but than tonight, before bed I decided to choose my hard. I worked out for 20 minutes; now it wasn't my best work out, it wasn't my worst but what it was, was proof that I can choose my hard in both directions, all in one day. Sometimes I need to forgive, myself. This isn't about perfection it is about progress.

As I close out this piece, I feel I should share with you that you are not alone in all your "HARD". Everyone, and I mean EVERYONE, is choosing their hard, every day, many times through out the day. Guess what? Sometimes they fail but sometimes they succeed. The point of it all is you are choosing, you are in control and you get to decide what hard will lead you down the path and to the destination you want!

Choose your hard! It is not cliche'; in fact it is right where I need to be. Give me the choice, so I can figure out what mountain I want to climb next!!!

~ Blessings