January 24, 2018
It is hard to believe where the time has gone. Almost one year ago, I dedicated my workout time to begin living a more healthy lifestyle with the Empire State Building RunUp as my first goal. Today is officially 2 weeks from race day!!! My recent training has been pretty consistent - comprising of playing soccer, hitting the gym spinning, using the elevation training mask to climbing stairs and weight training. It has all kept my focus on my goal - February 7, 2018 and climbing the step of the Empire State Building. I am living a much more healthy life than I was a year ago and for that I am very proud of myself and maybe even added a few years to my life!!!
But there has also been much more of a transformation to my life than the physical side that the world sees everyday. I have been able to put past feelings that may have caused me pain, in their place allowing me to live life in a much more positive way. See, so often we find ourselves looking to others for their approval and support in the things we do everyday in life but, we don't receive those words of encouragement or praise that we "feel" we need to acknowledge the task we preformed. In my life now, after many hours this past year, of working towards my goals, I don't live my life with expectations anymore. I don't wait for a word of approval or praise to feel that I am enough. I live for the moment, from the tiniest feeling of joy to the enormous feeling of accomplishment from any task I preform but I will never expect those words from others anymore. I realize that I am enough and I am the only one who can feel that. Don't get me wrong, when someone does say a kind word to me, I am the first one to simply say "Thank you" and I am sincerely thankful for their words. I just can't expect others to make me feel like I am enough.
Maybe my words will help you realize that you are the only person that can make you feel alive in this life we get only one chance to live. Start now and tell yourself that you are enough - You are smart, beautiful, strong, creative and anything you feel - you can do anything you put your heart and soul into. Start today because we only get one chance at this life we live!!! Have great day and climbUp!!
Please support me as I train to climb to the top!!! I am climbing for the Challenged Athletes Foundation (CAF) and your support will not only help me but all athletes that have a passion for sports and life!!!
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