You Can Do Hard Things

You Can Do Hard Things

 Wise words of former US President Theodore Roosevelt: "Nothing in the world is worth having or doing unless it involves toil, pain, trouble... I never in my life envied a human being who led an easy life. I envied a lot of people who led hard lives and led them well." These positive, wise words can, unfortunately, explain negative situations like "advanced aging," because advanced aging is most often the result of backing away from difficult things, especially when it comes to our health. In life, we are constantly tempted to take the "path of least resistance" because it is the easiest and usually the fastest path. However, easy does not mean better or growth. Easily translates to lazy.

 And when it comes to our health, laziness translates to disease and "advanced aging." Energy Exchange - Have you ever actually acquired anything of lasting value in your life without some form of value/energy/money exchange? Certainly nothing of lasting value is free, because everything is an exchange of energy. When we put a little energy into achieving or achieving something, the "little" value we receive comes back.

 But when we push the envelope and challenge ourselves to do the harder thing, to go beyond our current limits, our ROI grows exponentially. There's no better example than lifting weights in the gym - one of the best things we can do to shape our bodies and strengthen our muscles.

 What is difficult today will not be after many repetitions. Getting the prizes that more grounded muscles give us anticipates that we should challenge ourselves by adding more weight persistently. There is no gain in life without some stretch/pain. It's called evolutionary growth, and all human emotional, mental, and physical challenges hold the greatest opportunity for growth.

 Rather than avoiding the "hard stuff", we need to see the "silver lining" hidden in the hard stuff and stop running from a race we can never win. Perceptions are key Shifting our perception is the starting point. Seeing challenges as opportunities for growth is a clear answer to confronting fear and eliminating its paralyzing effects. Challenges increase our adrenaline and energy output and increase our heart rate, but not in the same way as the fight or flight response. When we face challenges, different hormones are released; we are more focused and have easier access to our mental and physical abilities. We have become weak as humans, literally and figuratively, because too often we "take the easy way out." This explains why we are currently experiencing a global health crisis.

 We want to be healthier, but it's “too hard to lift weights or make time to go to the gym We want to be healthier, but it's too hard to give up unnecessary simple things that take up time We should be better, but it's "unreasonably hard" to give up our horrible eating regimens for supplement thick food source want to be healthier, but we don't want to have time to cook and prepare our meals.

 It's too hard and so we opt for "fast food"... (the only thing fast food has about fast food is how quickly it destroys our health). We want to be healthier, but we want it as a gift, not something we've earned through "hard work" and as a reward for a modified lifestyle, We want to be healthier without putting in any "hard effort" Easy doesn't push the envelope. Life is not set up to work. Life is set up as a reward – give and take system.

 What you put in is what you get out. It is that simple. The opportunity is missed by most people because she is dressed in overalls and looks like she is at work. -Thomas A. Edison Pushing challenges aside and continuing to take the easy way out sends very clear messages to our minds and body that we are content with our lot in life. Life gives us the same back, and instead of opening the door to new opportunities wide open or healing us from the inside out, the process of sedentary work begins to break down.

 The stark truth is that we either move forward by tackling the "hard stuff" or we subtly move in a negative direction by staying in the comfort zone of safety. Success in anything is directly linked to sacrifice. To sacrifice most often means to give up something in exchange for something else. The "good" we all seek in life is cleverly wrapped up in a willingness to tackle the "hard stuff" rather than plow through the easy stuff. Our current state of health is a perfect example and reason to start tackling the "hard stuff". It is time to trade our false illusions of an "easy way" to health for some real "hard solutions" to growth because we cannot move forward or fully heal from any well-being emergency, individual or worldwide until we address the causes.

 If we have not targeted and addressed the root causes, it is only a matter of time before another global health disaster artfully disguised as "another virus or disease reappears."It is more astute to guide numerous little sure advancements than to take an exceptional leap forward to stumble backward." Carolyn Hansen - Your Health and Fitness Specialist "I help clients take care of their health before circumstances preclude it. If your pursuit of a life of true physical and mental wellness is the way to go, I'll put you in the driver's seat."