Posted by Bobbie | Posted in Positive Thinking | Posted on Fri February 12, 2010
“By focusing on what is beautiful, and good, and true, I not only change the way I see the world, I actually change the world!”
-Willis Harman
How many people do you know that struggle with their diet and weight and have a very negative outlook on life? They are the type of people that when you are around them for an extended period of time you feel absolutely drained. I’ve known several of these types of people (haven’t we all?), and thank goodness they are no longer a part of my life.
I’ve often wondered if their negativity has led to the health or weight problems they suffer from or if the negativity has prevented them from conquering their problems.
I know that during periods of negativity in my life, I’ve always gained weight. I’ve had many periods of self doubt and depression – times when I felt like I wasn’t any good and didn’t have anything to offer anyone else. Times that I could easily look back on and say, “Yeah, I was at rock bottom.”
I don’t know how far rock bottom goes, but I don’t ever want to be anywhere close to it again. I now focus on the things that I want and the life I want to live, not on my problems or the negative things in my life. I want the life of the healthy and fit person.
I think forward to a year down the road and how I want to look and how I want my life to be. I picture a healthy, fit person that is content in her life. I picture a person that enjoys running and living life to the fullest. A person that is traveling and seeing new things and doing things that she thought was impossible a year prior.
So today, I ask you to think about how you would picture yourself in a year or two from now?
MAY YOU HAVE
Enough Happiness to keep you sweet;
Enough Trials to keep you strong;
Enough Sorrow to keep you human;
Enough Failure to keep you humble;
Enough success to keep you eager;
Enough Friends to give you comfort;
Enough Faith and Courage in your
Fellow man to banish depression;
Enough Wealth to meet your needs;
Enough Determination to make
Each day a better day than yesterday.-Ned Clouse
Fri February 12, 2010 at 12:08 PM
you will totally achieve your goal.
a year from now i want to have reclaimed my health and fitness, be back on top of my game, stand on the mountain of challenges i’ve overcome and holler “i did it!” then turn to face the next mountain and keep climbing up.
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Fri February 12, 2010 at 12:15 PM
Great Post! Several years ago I did an exercise in which I took a page in my notebook and wrote “Who Am I?” followed by that date, but with the following year. Then I listed the person I wanted to be. Throughout the year, I would stumble across that page in my notebook and see that I was truly becoming that person. A year or so later, I checked and it was amazing how close I was to achieving that vision for myself. (Never have been able to make much long-term progress on clutter. *G*)
I’ve got some business goals or the upcoming year, but beyond that, I want to be be the person I am right now!
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Fri February 12, 2010 at 12:37 PM
Great post! I think you HAVE to think positive, if you want to be successful!
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Fri February 12, 2010 at 3:03 PM
You are so right! This post is made of so much WIN! :)
A year from now, I want to be 50 pounds from my goal weight, I want my business to reach new heights, and I want to be able to partake in various marathons and such.
~Kellie
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Fri February 12, 2010 at 6:31 PM
I so love your attitude!!! I can see you achieving this all in a year!
At my age, I hope to be alive! :-) Just kidding!!!
I am not sure where I picture myself…. I am a work in progress right now…
Love the quotes!
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Sat February 13, 2010 at 8:09 AM
thanks for the “may you have”!.
in a year from now i hope to be 3+ years binge free. i hope that i will take these new awarenesses i’ve become open to, continue to get them, and to continue to grow from them.
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Mon February 15, 2010 at 7:13 AM
I need to set some goals for a year from now…. and 5 years from now…… It seems I am just trying to make it day by day…
Great post – Thanks
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