“No one can do it for you.  Come on, do another.”

“I don’t know if I can.”

“Oh, yes, you have several more in you.”

The middle-aged lady did three more sit ups and laid back on the mat to rest.

“Good job,”  the trainer replied as he released her feet.  “I told you, you had more in you.  Let’s do the next exercise.”

The tired lady moved with him to the next machine.   She remembered when she first set foot in that gym.  She could barely do a few sit-ups.  Now she was doing sets of 50 along with many more things she could not even think of doing, months before.

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No one can do “your work” for you.  When you need to exercise, it needs to be done by you.  When you eat, you need to choose health.  When you think, you need to choose motivating thoughts.  Your life, is just that – your life.

Often times, we feel that others are possibly responsible for our health, happiness, and well-being in general.  However, that is the mindset that causes just the opposite.  When you eat that morsel of food, or take that drink, you need to ask yourself if that is going to contribute to a healthy body.

When you make the choice to sit on the couch or take a walk, you are deciding between energy, or being sedentary.  When you make a choice on what you read, watch on the television, or spend time doing on your mobile device, you are making a decision on what you will be thinking about.

No one but you, can do the work that you need to do.  If you need to make amends with a friend or family member then you need to do it.  If you need to be more active to remove the extra pounds you may have put on during the holidays, no one can do it for you.  If you need to meditate to quiet your racing mind, no one else can do it for you.

When we begin to take full responsibility for our health, happiness and life, we begin to understand that it is our own journey.  Sure, you may be sharing a meal with your mate and family.  If it’s not of the health that you would like, then maybe you should prepare the meals.

If everyone gathers around the television at night, maybe you should take a walk – inviting anyone else to go with you.  It’s okay for you to choose your path, and let  others choose their own.  Sometimes, we spend more time convincing our mate and family to do the things we think we should be doing, that we end up not doing anything at all.

If you need to do something to contribute to your well-being, you are contributing to the well-being of the entire family, and the world at large.  It is not a selfish act, but rather an act of example, by which others may see and choose to do on their own.  Waiting for the world to change so that we might do our own work is an excuse for more of the same.

Let yourself make the necessary changes so that the world might follow your example.  Be the inspiration and motivation for others who might be following in your foot steps.  Do not wait for anyone or anything if there is work that you need to do – right now.

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We all would love a partner to share in our journey.  However, many of the paths we need to take are paths that are meant for one.  Love yourself enough to allow that path to be explored by you, so that your loved ones may later find that path when they are ready.

Written Wed, April 30, 2014 7:36 – 7:50 AM MT