21 Day Refresh

Day 4: Push Past The Pain Think About It: No matter how hurt and exhausted you feel in this moment, your survival only requires you to take one more step. As sure as you’re breathing, there will come a time when the things that have happened in your life with hit you like a ton of bricks and bring you to your knees. You will look for someone to help you and find that you are all alone. There will be times when you will close your eyes and wish you could be anywhere else in the world, only to open them and be right where you dreaded. In these times, everything in you will ache and even breathing will take too much effort. In life, you go through hard times. You suffer through the loss of loved ones, sickness, disappointment, and heartache. Sometimes the pain sucks the life right out of you and makes you feel like you cannot go on. It is in these times that you must push pass how you feel. Summon the courage of your ancestors and force yourself to survive. Although no one would fault you for giving up, you just can't afford it. Even in this, your story has only just begun. Push pass the pain! Think about something other than how you feel. Realize that you have been battered but you are still breathing. Acknowledge that even this couldn't kill you and find strength to get up. Be thankful that you are passing the point where many others have gotten stuck. Is it hard? Yes! Does it feel like the end? Yes! Is it hard to see the light? Yes! Survival is still in you and you can make it. Take a deep breath, gather your thoughts, and make the hardest decision you will ever make in your life....to just go on. “Sometimes you don’t realize your own strength until you come face to face with your greatest weakness” Susan Gale Day 12: Dare to Dream Think About It: You have the power to become anything you can conceive…If you only Dare to Dream. As you are walking around today, think to yourself…I can do anything! Go Ahead and Say, “I can do anything”. Begin to visualize yourself doing exactly what you have always dreamed. See yourself as that Entrepreneur, Actor, Nurse, Missionary, Educator, Lawyer, Preacher, Electrician, Stylist, or Dancer. Once you capture that vision of yourself, tell yourself there is absolutely no reason why you cannot achieve it. Know that you can do anything to which you set your mind. Do not be afraid to want more out of life. Until now, you may not have done all you hoped by this point. You may have started out well, but then hit some serious obstacle. That’s OK. Take A Breath. Can you still breathe? Great, then you still have time. Life will only be what you make it, and you will only become what you see yourself doing. You need dreams to survive. There must be something motivating you to get moving. Whatever it is, go for it! Close your eyes and see it happening. You can have it. It may take work, but your success is dependent on you being able to dream it. You must want your dream bad enough to chase it. The road will not always be easy but chasing a dream never is. It can be a grueling, daunting, rewarding, magnificent journey…But you are so worth the effort. Do not be talked out of your dreams. Put distance between you and people who do not think you can do it. It’s your life and you should live it to the fullest. Do you have a dream? Great…Now you just need a plan. "If I can see it, then I can be it. If I just believe it, there's nothing to it” … R. Kelly Day 20: Never Give Up Think About It: If you do not finish the race, you’ll never know if you could have won. There will be times when the journey will seem as if it's getting the best of you. You will feel like all your blood, sweat, and tears have not been wasted. It will appear that you chose the wrong path to follow. Well, YOU WOULD BE WRONG. You are doing exactly what you were meant to do. Just because you have not seen the large harvest does not mean that enormous growth is not happening underground. Sometimes, the right road does not always seem right. It may seem dark, deserted, and dangerous. Even in this - do not sway from your journey. All successful people have had moments when they second-guess the plan for their lives. Uncertainty is a part of the process and curiosity for the unknown will keep you motivated to move forward. Do not be tricked into thinking that every turn should always make perfect sense. The road you are traveling is unchartered. You have never been here before, so you do not know what comes next. There is no pre-set path with guaranteed results. What’s important, is that you never give up on the possibilities. Your success is not defined by reaching your goal but rather every step you take toward it. The place of greatest value may not end up being your destination. It may be a little piece of wisdom you find as you go. Either way, if you give up, you do not get to enjoy the beauty of finding out. You never get to answer the question…What could have happened? You must keep going to see what lies ahead. Do not despair and never give up! Your greatest success could be just around the corner. “It always seems impossible until it's done”…Nelson Mandela