I Conquered the Mountain

One of my goals last year was to hike to the top of Roxyanne.  Well today, I finally did it.  My daughter is here visiting and has been working out with me and her mother in law Lisa. She has been helping me set up a great exercise program.  Today she called and said lets climb Roxyanne!  Sort of seemed like a big deal to me and to be honest I have been procrastinating that little milestone of my journey.
 I like to tell my kids that hard is not a synonym with bad.  Today "hard" was a synonym with "wonderful". (Well at least now that I ran the hot water heater dry and took an ibuprofen)

It feels so good to do physical things. 

I am grateful she suggested it.  It was really quite difficult and I might not have made it if she wasn't there to push. But I did!  Not really sure why I haven't done these kinds of things more through out my life. 
So if you are like me and have a tendency to avoid hard stuff.

Pick one hard thing and do it today. It will be totally worth it!

 

Resolutions, Goals, and Circumstances.

Happy New Year! 

I was going over my goals that I set for 2011.

In the past I have done this and it is usually discouraging, but I say to myself, next year I will improve.....

So 2011 was not perfect by any means, but for the most part I achieved my goals.  stayed the coarse on resolutions... (by the way, I did not start these on January 1) And am learning to rise above circumstance. 

I resolved last November (2009) to give up caffeinated soda.

           I haven't had a drop since.

I set a goal to read the Old Testament:

           Done

I set a goal to lose 100 pounds and get off  blood sugar meds.

           Done:  (and my Blood sugar is a healthy 80-90)

Circumstances have not always been convenient.    I have had to take some long drives, when I was very tired.  Man oh Man would I have loved to have been sipping on a Diet Dr Pepper. And most of these trips were alone.  No one would have even known.  But I stayed the course, and feel that Heavenly Father sent his angels to keep me safe and alert.
Other times I have used Circumstances to excuse bad behavior.   (Wedding, Thanksgiving, Christmas, travel etc. are all great excuses to overeat)
But over all it was a great year.

 So for 2012  Here are a few of my goals and resolutions. 

To reach my goal weight of 145.
         By Summer
To compete in at least one  5k/10k walk run.
To climb a rock climbing wall tower.

To finish the New Testament and the Book of Mormon
 I resolve to stay cafeine free.
To continue to try and be a better wife, mother, friend, sister, GRANDMA.
Of coarse I can not dictate circumstance.  I know that life will happen.

 I have a new quote on my board that has made me think twice about how I behave.

"Circumstance does not make the man; it reveals him to himself"  James Allen

So consider the resolutions, goals and circumstances of your life..... Where are you now?  Where do you want to be? Do your Circumstance control that?  

This year I resolve to not be controlled by circumstance.