One of the hardest things in life is staying positive about goals one has that have been difficult to achieve. It is so easy to want to throw in the towel. I wish that I could say that I am positive all of the time, but the reality is that I am not. I am not Oscar the grouch negative but I am not Pollyanna positive either.
Staying positive and persevering is about being an adult and trying to remember that things one works hard for are things that one appreciates all the more once one achieves them. It actually can be calming to be hopeful . One may never achieve all of ones hopes and dreams, but a bad attitude can sometimes be a self fulfilling prophesy. One does not have to be cheerful or hopeful all of the time, but at least strive to be more hopeful than negative. Giving up isn't an option unless one has re-evaluated and realized that ones goals should be different.
Showing posts with label perserverance. Show all posts
Showing posts with label perserverance. Show all posts
Monday, July 9, 2012
Thursday, April 26, 2012
don't break the eggs
a lot of people are all or nothing people . they are either perfect or horrible and nothing in between. unfortunately for them life is rarely clear cut. i heard the following analogy in regards to weight loss, but it can really be applied to everything in life.
here goes...
lets say you have a carton full of eggs and by the time you get home from the store you realize that you have broken one of the eggs. would you just continue breaking the rest of the eggs because after all one egg is broken and you no longer have a full carton of intact eggs? i will answer this one. of course you would not continue to break the rest of the eggs. you would just have to make the most of the remaining eleven eggs until you went to the store again and bought another dozen eggs.
just because a person might break their diet one day does not mean they should throw in the towel. sometimes people fail but this does not eradicate the rest of ones victories. try to look at the big picture. just because things aren't perfect does not mean the goals aren't worth striving for even if they may take long to achieve.
never underestimate the power of perseverance.
here goes...
lets say you have a carton full of eggs and by the time you get home from the store you realize that you have broken one of the eggs. would you just continue breaking the rest of the eggs because after all one egg is broken and you no longer have a full carton of intact eggs? i will answer this one. of course you would not continue to break the rest of the eggs. you would just have to make the most of the remaining eleven eggs until you went to the store again and bought another dozen eggs.
just because a person might break their diet one day does not mean they should throw in the towel. sometimes people fail but this does not eradicate the rest of ones victories. try to look at the big picture. just because things aren't perfect does not mean the goals aren't worth striving for even if they may take long to achieve.
never underestimate the power of perseverance.
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