Well this week has been nothing short of exhausting both emotionally and physically draining every little bit of energy is just gone.School is definitely taking its toll on my time and efforts. This morning I went over all that I have to do before this weekend and it is nothing short of impossible. whoever coined the phrase "Nothing is Impossible" obviously was living in a different time period. Work is a whole different stress all together as the tasks and responsibilities have become very difficult in just a matter of days. Balancing it all is definitely proving a difficult task in deed.
Now I know what you all are thinking, "This is a downer to read today" the truth is this is the life in which every one of us can relate. No matter who we are or what we are involved in the days never have enough time in them and yes the days can be stressful. The deciding factor of whether we fail or succeed is if we let the stresses win. I am at the point right now where I have stopped rushing, panicking, and exhausting myself. I am taking a step back and making the decision to change what makes my life hectic.
I believe what makes my life stressful is the inability to follow goals and planning. I talked about how this blog has replaced the notebooks that I frequented for planning and goal setting. Well those fellow followers have also noticed that it has been a number of days since I have posted. In those days life has gotten the best of me. Alarms go unheard, snack foods have become a part of my diet and most detrimental is my self esteem level has dropped.
Life is full of ups and downs and we all know that, we have good, bad, normal and terrible days. The great thing about the lives in which we live is that there is always another day to look forward to and to start new. I have had a few bad days but now I get to put into practice the idea that we are all in charge of our own destiny. We choose to fail or we choose to try and succeed. And finally we choose to put the foot in front of us and move forward.
I learned an important lesson this last summer hiking a large peak with the summit of 12,000+ feet. The hike was long and tiring with the goal in sight the entire way. from the bottom we looked up at it knowing we were going to hike to the top. The only way to get to the top for us was to start with the ever important first step. We could sit and look at it from the bottom all day long and admire the beauty of that mountain from a distance. We chose a different path that day though, We choose the view from the top and the only way to that view was to climb. And so we moved one foot in front of the other until nearly 2 hours later we reached the summit. The view is indescribable from the top of that mountain and had I not put one step in front of the other I would have been left with the view that everyone else sees from the bottom.
And so it is with the struggles that life throws our way, One foot in front of the other not letting life stop is and slow us down. The view from the top truly is remarkable.
