It isn't about arriving

Just the other day I was talking with my mom and she had some really wise words for me. I was complaining about not seeing changes, and how long this process was probably going to take. I told her I wanted to know when I was going to be thin. She turned to me and said "Sarah, it isn't about getting there, it is about life change."

Well duh, why didn't I think about that. I mean of course it shouldn't be about the end but it should be about making the lasting changes that I want. But sometimes it is really just hard to do that.

The other day I was also reading a great book. In this book it was talking about barriers and limitations. I know that there are a couple of big things that have the potential to limit me and keep me from achieving my dreams and goals. One of the things that it talked about was why it was so hard to keep promises we make to ourselves.

I see this in my life when I say i am getting up for the gym but don't, or when I say that I am going to start eating even better and then find that it is so easy for me to justify eating whatever I want to. This book talked about how when we don't keep our promises to our selves we are not keeping them to God, and will likely not keep them to other people. Because it all begins with finding value in ourselves enough to keep the agreements and promises we make to ourselves in front of God.

So what does that mean, it means that tomorrow morning it is off to the gym. Time to stop justifying! Finding the value in myself, to consider myself worthy of the lasting life change I want, and being willing to dig deep inside and find that the worth I have come from a God who loves me and wants the best for me. Therefore it is time to stop giving myself the room for excuses, that I have in the past.