Overcoming Life’s Hurdles

May 7th, 2010 Tyson

We all have hurdles to overcome in our lives. Some people go over the top, some go around, some go under, but most fall short of ever trying. I feel that happens in weight loss quite a bit. Most people don’t even try to lose weight because they are already afraid they are going to fail and failure is hard to take. I know, I’ve been there. I have seen my weight go from high to low and back to high again. I have worked my butt off only to fall short of my goal and then have all the weight come right back again.

As a youngster I was always fascinated with the hurdles. I would go to the track and see the hurdles out there and think to myself, ” I can do that”. I would run down to the track, line up and run as fast as I could towards the first hurdle. But as soon as I got near it I would stop, not even attempting to jump over.  I would stop, turn around and walk away too afraid to even try. I was afraid that I would get hurt or that someone would see me fail and laugh. I never did make an attempt at getting over that hurdle.  Because of my own insecurities, I never even tried.

A couple of weeks ago I heard something that has stuck in the back of my mind ever since. I heard these words “Don’t let hesitation rule your life”. You see, if you hesitate on getting healthy the same way I hesitated on jumping over that hurdle, 20 years will have passed and you will continuously wonder “what if”. What if I had made that jump?  Would I be a famous track star now?  Don’t let “what if’s” rule your life.

I am proud to say that after 20-some years, I finally made the jump over that hurdle. Although I am ecstatic that I did it, in the end it was bitter sweet. Sweet in the sense that I finally did it but bitter in the fact that it took me 20 years to do it.

Don’t let hesitation rule your life. Act now. Become the person you want to be. Become the person you deserve to be. Jump over your hurdles and continue running on the other side.

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  • http://primaltoad.com Primal Toa

    You make an excellent point. So many of us (myself included) fail to do what we truly want to do because we are afraid of what might happen if we fail. Well, we will never know unless we try.

    Congrats on getting over that hurdle!

    • http://www.startbeingfit.com Tyson

      Thanks Primal Toad! – It feel really good to finally overcome that hurdle.

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