As sweet November comes to an end I just want to spend a few moments and share my heart. This month has been full of growth, perseverance, hard lessons, heartache, laughter and victory! Sweet memories with friends and family. I've accomplished things that I never thought I could. I've challenged myself in many ways. I've set out daily intentions to make myself better as a person. I've had fail forward moments. I'm celebrating life.
I believe that in order to grow as a person we must challenge our hearts. We are not meant to live on earth and have a mediocre mentality. I understand that sometimes we can let fear, hurts or simply our past affect our future. The flip side is we should know that we are made for Greatness.
I just want to recap on a few events that has made me a stronger person....
- Taking a trip to Six Flags with my friends and riding roller coasters! Mind you I have never rode a roller coaster in my life. I was incredibly fearful of them! Although I did cry on one ride - yes I CRIED - I still overcame a huge fear. They have a ride called 'Goliath' and I knew that when I would get on that ride I would be DAVID! The ride can be intense because it feels like forever to reach the top and when you do it has the biggest drop ever! But it was so liberating to open my eyes and put my hands up in the air! I have to say that when I overcame that fear I felt like a brand new person! ***FREEDOM*** It was and still is a big milestone in my life. Sure it might not be huge to some but I remind myself it's not their journey...IT IS MINE. And that is something that we need to constantly tell ourselves. It's our journey and we will always face a Goliath. In that journey I am glad that I had Alex and my friends to encourage me, love on me and just bring a new side of me out. Thank You Sweet Friends.
- Taking a fitness class at the gym! This has been a huge shift in my fitness journey. For the past few years I have always worked out at home or outdoors. I disliked going to the gym for various reasons but now that I am teaching at our local gym I have really come out of my comfort zone. Week after week I have grown to love the gym. The atmosphere, the encouragement, belonging to a community and just knowing that we can all make a difference in some one's life. I met up with my friends and joined them in spinning! It was fun, sweaty and it challenged my endurance physically and spiritually. What I appreciate about it all is that it's OK to try new things. Again, we are not to live in a bubble. Fitness has such a wide perceptive and there are so many fun things to do. Why should we be setting limits on ourselves? We should want to challenge ourselves whether it's taking a class, increasing our weight in weights or signing up for a 5k. Now that I am teaching at a gym that I LOVE it has taught me many things. Thank You Students for inspiring me.
- Taking on potty training! Max has been 4 weeks in with potty training and I am so PROUD of him!! We definitely had out moments, days that seemed like it would never get better. But as the days progressed, our patience grew we are almost at the finish line. This journey has taught me that what worked for the other mama might not work for me. There's so much good/bad information out there on potty training that it can make us feel overwhelmed. We've had tremendous amount of support from our family, friends, Max's preschool teacher and Alex. It's true when they say it takes a village to raise tiny humans. Today Max went to the potty ALL ON HIS OWN! We didn't have to ask him a million times and accidents are no longer happening. Our next step is going out with undies on. One step at a time - One task at a time. Max has taught me patience, love, comfort and humor! I've never cleaned up some many accidents in my life and I'm not done...Noah ROUND 2!! Do your best and forget the rest. Thank You Maximus for teaching mommy Grace.
November has been an eventful month with life long lessons. I am so thankful to all that have continued to support my journey, thankful to those that have prayed for me, thankful to all my challengers, thankful to my team, thankful to my followers and thankful for my community.
Strong and Fearless.
