Perseverance

I was not quite sure what to title this post, didn't have much time to think about it and have chosen the first word to pop into my head... perseverance. It is appropriate. That is what I am doing, persevering and not giving up.

This journey of mine to find balance, joy and my long lost cute backside has turned into something bigger and more difficult than I ever thought possible. It seems as though something gets put in my path to trip me up at every step of the way at the moment... actually it has felt like that for years. Right now there is only one thing I feel like doing when I read or listen to self development material and I am told that 'challenges are put in our life for a reason'... it involves my middle index finger! Unfortunately that is the only way I can look at it or I am sure I would crumble and give up completely. I can't for the life of me figure out what those elusive 'reasons' are yet but I guess I will in time. Every time I think I am getting it figured it out another challenge comes along and knocks me back down again. That is where perseverance comes in - it gets me back up again. I have had to reach deep within me to continue persevering and and not give up. One tool that I have found really helpful is an audio book that I listened to a few months ago called "A Guide to Perseverance". This book takes you through the different areas of your life and show you how perseverance can be the key that sees you succeed and how the lack of it is often the key that sees you not meet your goals. A great book!