Sometimes it's our children
or maybe a Neighbor
Sister
Mother
Church acquaintance
or fellow Soccer Mom.
Possibly people we may not even be aware are in our lives, BUT they are watching!
Watching to see how we act in our lives:
How we Parent, Eat, Shop
The Cars we drive, Homes we buy/rent, Clothes we wear
How we interact with friends, strangers and our family, or
How we CARE for ourselves.
Remember YOU can be a HUGE Positive influence on those people who are a part of your circle of influence when you PUT Yourself and your Health first. Because they are Watching YOU, watching to see if what you try Works, watching to see if you will Stick with it, watching to see how Difficult it is for you, they are constantly Observing.
There are literally THOUSANDS of Women out there TRYING to FIND Happiness in all the wrong places.
Sadly I used to be one of them. I would Color or Cut my hair, simply so I would FEEL better about myself. But that would only last a few weeks, before the compliments from having a new cut or color wore off. I would try Crash diets to rapidly drop weight so I could fit into a Sleek new dress that would make me look GOOD and Feel Beautiful. But again it was a fleeting feeling. I would serve others simply so I could have friends who appreciated me and would shower me with compliments.
WHY???
Because I didn't LOVE myself (oh I thought I did) I wanted to and I even fooled myself into thinking what I was doing was because I loved myself.
BUT in all honesty it was because I was Fishing for attention, which in my mind = Love!!!
Eventually I was introduced to How to really FOCUS on ME, through utilizing the proper tools, and having the friendship and support I so desperately yearned for, from my Coach and the other participants in the Support groups I started participating in.
When I began at first I was NOT doing this because others were watching. NOPE I didn't really want anyone to KNOW right away, because "What if I failed?" What if it didn't work?" What if I didn't have the Will Power to Stick with it?"
But little did I know a WHOLE lot of people were watching me, observing if it would work and how I would stick with it or not. My children, my siblings, my husband, my parents, several friends, and many who were barely acquaintances who have now become friends.
They Observed as I Made myself and my health a Top priority in my day, and then little by little they wanted to experience what I had, so I Decided to Coach and the rest is History, it's been 23 months and I wouldn't change it for the WORLD!
I have learned when we STOP Searching for LOVE or to somehow FIND ourselves and We Simply Focus on getting Healthy and Fit, we FIND True Love of Ourselves and then we CAN feel the LOVE from others much more.
We begin to Believe them when they say they Love us or care about us, when they compliment us on how we look or act, because WE realize just how AWESOME we actually are. When we feel healthy, and have energy and commitment to ourselves we Find what we were always searching FOR in the Mirror in our own Bathroom.
IF you do have children watching, teach them how important They are by putting yourself first your health/fitness should be a very top priority. Because if you don't feel GOOD, you can't Serve others very well and if your tank isn't filled you can give anything to others.
If they see you doing this they will GROW up to LOVE themselves and not suffer as many of us have with low self esteem or self confidence.
GO and make today beautiful!!!
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