Be Amazing

I do my best thinking in this active meditative state.  During this particular run I was thinking about what it means to be amazing and what does it take to be amazing.  For me, I can’t be amazing if I hit the snooze three times in the morning then spend the day chasing my tail.  I can’t be amazing if I fill my body with processed foods that stress my body’s ability to heal itself.  I can’t be amazing if I’m spending my money on “stuff” instead of investing in my dreams and goals.  I can’t be amazing if I don’t move my body each day so that I remain agile.

You see, being amazing requires us to think beyond the moment—it requires faith that what we are doing in this moment will have important consequences in the future; it requires us to do things we don’t feel like doing in the moment because we want to be amazing more.  If we wait until we “feel like” doing the things we need to do to get the future we dream for ourselves, that future will never come and we will settle for being mediocre.  I didn’t feel like running—dishes were still in the sink and the night sky was fast approaching—but I did it anyway.  I didn’t feel like food prepping for the week yesterday after “the big shop” grocery trip—I did it anyway.  I am striving to be amazing.

This week I challenge each of you to be even MORE AMAZING than you already are.  Saving for a dream vacation?  Bring a sack lunch this week and put the money you would have spent into your vacation fund.  Have that same book on your bedside table for the last six months but haven’t read it?  Give yourself 30 minutes of dedicated reading time each day this week and see how far you get in the book!  Does the inside of your car look like you could be a candidate for an episode of Hoarders?  Spend an hour cleaning out the clutter and wiping it down.  While each of these acts may seem small, over time they contribute to an amazing life and you can feel and BE truly AMAZING.