SOME OBSTACLES ARE JUST STEPPING STONES FOR GREATER ACHIEVEMENTS...

I would say that over this past year or so, I really realized that nothing comes as easy as we are told it does when we are little. I guess it is a way of not scaring us away from our dreams. But now it seems that the closer we get to the targets we want to achieve, the more personal, physical and psychological obstacles seem to pop up, as if out of nowhere. Now I know that this might also be a good thing, because this certain pain lets you know that you are on track and doing well. Little obstacles cannot do anything to stop you, even though at the time it might seem like the end of the world and you may think that there is no way that you can really continue....It is all just a test of life to see how much hunger you have inside.

It is like when a hiker sets out on a hike up a mountain. He has everything figured on that map he is carrying and he is happy as a fat kid with cake. The start of the hike is quite easy, he has energy, his food and supplies. Towards the middle however, as the mountain steepens, he becomes increasingly tired. His energy supplies start running low and as the air becomes lighter it becomes harder for him to breath. This is the point where the hiker faces his first test: he can easily turn around and go back, and say it was too much for him. But what about that feeling of personal failure that he would carry inside? Or he could push himself, knowing that he just needs to press on that little bit more and if he does, he will feel like the first person to have reached the top of the mountain.

Just want to say, don't be scared of these 'obstacles' or pain. It is a way of building up your character, and testing to see how much you really want those goals or achievements... be they professional or personal, big or small...

“If there is a will there is always a way”
“The sky is the limit”

Love, peace and big muscles.

SETBACKS.

Even the best of us have setbacks, personal or professional, at some point in our lives. I guess it is a means of making you stronger, and getting you to realize how badly you want that certain target. It is also a way of shaking us down, and telling us that we are still human with feelings, and not just walking robots.

I’m writing about this because I also had a number of setbacks in life; times when I panicked and thought ‘this is it’. At those points, everything that I would usually say to my clients and my friends about overcoming obstacles and setbacks would just go down the drain. Just like when you are at school, and writing an exam, everything you had known before, everything you had studied, suddenly disappears when you are sitting staring at that blank paper.
I guess it is different when it happens to you from when you are simply advising somebody else. I just want to say that at the end of the day, we are all human and the true winner is the one who is able to overcome that setback, who learns from it, who gets better and stronger, and who is able to get right back on that track to achieving that certain goal in life... whatever it may be.

Love, peace, and big muscles.