I keep thinking about all the times I have given advice and imparted word of wisdom to my friends and I have to say I feel a little ashamed of myself. Ashamed because I haven't really followed the advice I freely give to my loved ones. Making me not very wise at all and some what stupid.
Today my friend is doing 'tough mudder'. Tough mudder is an absolutely insane obstacle course which the individual trains themselves hard to the point of breaking just so they can participate.
Now this may seem like madness to some and there a plenty who would not even consider or think about such a potential death trap of an event but it makes sense to those who want a challenge like no other. I can totally understand their mind set. As humans we should do stuff outside our own comfort zone. We should do stuff that challenges us to go beyond what we can do or think or imagine. That what makes it all so attractive, so tempting.
Now I didn't do a tough mudda event but I understand the how's and the why's. When I was planning my first walk to Sydney, people thought I was crazy (in a loving way). They could never imagine how a person would even want to walk such a distance that seemed to take forever. I even had the very fit question me on such a feat. For me though it seemed not so crazy. It became something I had to do because I put it out there. I had set myself up for a challenge my human spirit aimed for and I had to use whatever internal resourses I could to get me there, both mentally and physically.
Getting back to the title of this page, I can't help but think how much I lead myself down a negative path by the way I treat myself or the way I think and the way I talk to myself. It gets me nowhere.
My walk to Sydney was a moment in time and very significant to me at the time but I never let that moment in my life change who I am as a person. When I lay there on hotel bed after 8 hours of pain, sweat and tears, I said to myself, 'I can do anything'. I believe it wholey (for that moment). It never followed me though, I went back to the way I had always been, doubting myself and making excuses for the how's and the why's in my life. Shame on me!!
I should have changed, I should have moved forward, I should have turned a corner but I missed the mark. Shame on me.
After talking to my friend on the SMS. After I had given her words of encouragement, it showed me how much I still need to embrace my own words. I believe everything I told her. I now need to take hold of what I am so passionate for her life and begin to life the very words spoken which come out of my mouth and spirit.
I need to for myself if I am ever going to get over the hurdles in my own life and begin to see the fruits of my own labour. And it's not just for me it's for my friends to see that my words are not empty and for my girls so they also know when they say anything of importance it actually means something.
Why did I use 'Physician heal thyself'? Well Jesus said this and it makes sense. Prevention is better than cure. And I think Jesus was also telling us, the questions we for our lives, we can pretty much answer them ourselves.
Today my friend is doing 'tough mudder'. Tough mudder is an absolutely insane obstacle course which the individual trains themselves hard to the point of breaking just so they can participate.
Now this may seem like madness to some and there a plenty who would not even consider or think about such a potential death trap of an event but it makes sense to those who want a challenge like no other. I can totally understand their mind set. As humans we should do stuff outside our own comfort zone. We should do stuff that challenges us to go beyond what we can do or think or imagine. That what makes it all so attractive, so tempting.
Now I didn't do a tough mudda event but I understand the how's and the why's. When I was planning my first walk to Sydney, people thought I was crazy (in a loving way). They could never imagine how a person would even want to walk such a distance that seemed to take forever. I even had the very fit question me on such a feat. For me though it seemed not so crazy. It became something I had to do because I put it out there. I had set myself up for a challenge my human spirit aimed for and I had to use whatever internal resourses I could to get me there, both mentally and physically.
Getting back to the title of this page, I can't help but think how much I lead myself down a negative path by the way I treat myself or the way I think and the way I talk to myself. It gets me nowhere.
My walk to Sydney was a moment in time and very significant to me at the time but I never let that moment in my life change who I am as a person. When I lay there on hotel bed after 8 hours of pain, sweat and tears, I said to myself, 'I can do anything'. I believe it wholey (for that moment). It never followed me though, I went back to the way I had always been, doubting myself and making excuses for the how's and the why's in my life. Shame on me!!
I should have changed, I should have moved forward, I should have turned a corner but I missed the mark. Shame on me.
After talking to my friend on the SMS. After I had given her words of encouragement, it showed me how much I still need to embrace my own words. I believe everything I told her. I now need to take hold of what I am so passionate for her life and begin to life the very words spoken which come out of my mouth and spirit.
I need to for myself if I am ever going to get over the hurdles in my own life and begin to see the fruits of my own labour. And it's not just for me it's for my friends to see that my words are not empty and for my girls so they also know when they say anything of importance it actually means something.
Why did I use 'Physician heal thyself'? Well Jesus said this and it makes sense. Prevention is better than cure. And I think Jesus was also telling us, the questions we for our lives, we can pretty much answer them ourselves.
