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Words to ponder
 Posted by Trish Milburn Apr 5 2011, 12:07 am in bad habits, confidence, Expectations, positive thinking, Trish Milburn I’m going with a short post today, but it’s something I’ve been saving in my “Healthy Writer ideas” file for awhile. And considering I spent yesterday half ready to jump into the bathtub in the interior bathroom should the roof start peeling off and without power for seven hours, today just seemed like a short post kind of day. A few months ago, I was at a board meeting when I noticed each of us had been given a sheet of paper with some words of wisdom on it. I liked them so much and thought them applicable to so many aspects of life, including efforts to become healthier, that I jotted them down for later use. As you read the following, think about how they could be applicable to both your health efforts and your writing efforts. * Be careful of your thoughts, for your thoughts become your words. * Be careful of your words, for your words become your habits. * Be careful of your habits, for your habits become your character. * Be careful of your character, for your character becomes your destiny. Let’s look at those lines through the lens of our health and self-esteem. Words — “Why bother with exercise and healthful eating? Nothing I do works. I’m just always going to be a heavy person.” Habits — If you believe nothing you do works to help you lose weight, then you might as well have that burger and fries you want, right? And tomorrow you can have ice cream. And the next day, pizza. Character — You become a person who eats whatever she wants whenever she wants, without thought to how this affects your health, your outlook on life, your family and friends, and even your job prospects. Your self-esteem is pretty low, even if you don’t realize it. Destiny — Your destiny becomes one filled with health problems that could have been prevented if you’d only used words like, “It’s okay if my weight loss is slow or if I plateau. I can work through it at my own pace, always with eventual success in mind.” Do you have any favorite quotes or words of wisdom that you’ve kept because they resonated so much with you?
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Awesome post, Trish. One of my most difficult lessons has been to learn not to throw in the towel when I don’t immediately meet my–usually–unrealistic expectations. I have a few I live by:
1. With God all things are possible.
2. No experience is wasted if you learn something from it.
3. ?? (I can’t remember this one–it must really be important, right?)
Oh, and Suzanne Brockmann was talking about this book called the Four Agreements that sounded very poignant. I’m thinking about reading it and blogging on it later.
Yeah, I don’t know why we often have an all-or-nothing attitude about success, but it’s prevalent. One of the ways for us to get farther along our road to healthful living is to wean ourselves off that perfectionist attitude. Hard, but necessary.
I like your second item.
I have a whole word document full of quotes that I find inspiring or thought-provoking. It is 44 pages and counting.
One quote that I have found very helpful on this healthy living journey is:
“Courage doesn’t always roar. Sometimes courage is the little voice at the end of the day that says I’ll try again tomorrow.”
–Mary Anne Radmacher
Wow, 44 pages! That’s one inspirational document.
And that’s a great quote. Thanks for sharing it.
I love quotes! The Radmacher one is going in my little collection, Michelle.
Two current faves: “…let delight pull you instead of making a to-do list push you” from Paul Graham. He was talking about procrastination, but I apply it to, well, everything from dinner to errands.
And thanks to Einstein for the next one:
The definition of insanity is doing the same thing and expecting a different result.
Thanks for the thought provoke!
Wonderful quotes, Rachel. I particularly like the first one. I’d not seen that one before.
Great post, Trish and I love the quotes everyone is sharing.
Hope you had a much calmer day today!