I am 42 years old
I am hanging on to the fact that I am still better at swimming than my 10 years oldš
Last time we raced I won by one armās stroke
In my mind I knew it wasnāt going to be easy to win but
I thought to myself I canāt afford to do anything else other than stay in my lane
And swim as fast as I canšŖš¼
(Yes I am pretty competitive and this is probably not the best āparentingā post)š
His dad told him
Donāt look at where your mum is at, just focus on your lane.
But Antony couldnāt help himself and he looked at where I was at under the water
And because of that
I wonšš¼
I see this happening in the real worldā¦
It is so easy to get distracted by what other people are doing
What you āshouldā do
What you āhaveā to do
What you āmustā do
Instead of focusing on what we want to do
What it is aligned with us
What it is true to ourselves
In that race, it is easy to get disconnected to ourselves
to our true purpose and mission
When I look back at my journey to rebuild my life after cancer
Not only physically
But emotionally and
Professionally
I kept focusing on my lane
When I got distracted, I refocus on what it was the right thing for me
When people told me what I should do
I reflected on it and made my own decisions
When people gave me advice from a place of not being qualified to do so
I politely declined it
And I still do this every single day
In my business
I promised myself that I was going to live the life I wanted to live now
I wasnāt going to lie to myself anymore
I was going to appreciate the gift of life daily
I wasnāt going to abuse my body
I wasnāt going to allow my negative thoughts rule me anymore
I was going to help people achieve healing and create the life they wanted
as this is my mission and purpose
I started reading this book this week
and it was a reminder of my promises
normally I donāt cry in books
But for the first time I had tears in my eyes
Lessons from the dying are powerful
The first one is
āI wish Iād had the courage to live a life true to myself. Not the life others expected of me.ā
Stop living the life others expected from you
Stop waiting for the perfect circumstances to happen
Stop waiting for someone to save you
Have the courage to change
Have the courage to create
The Life You Want Now