Welcome back to RealityBites #4!
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Here’s some motivational quotes of inspiration that you may apply to your life and make them a ritual! One thing I love is inspirational quotes or parables or life lessons people have learned and shared to help other people…
Celebrating the little wins on a daily basis no matter how big or small…all too often we are looking forward to the big prize or the big achievements in life - the new job, the holiday away, finally meeting someone special , reaching a health and fitness goal etc like your morning cup of coffee, a chat with a friend, a sunshine day, a hot shower, a good nights sleep, food on the table, a healthy body.
When in reality every day above ground is a good day and it’s the tiny incremental steps and course corrections that lead to these goals we have.
It’s those seemingly inconsequential things we do consistently that get us to where we want…
It was Simon Sinek who made popular the idea that you go to gym and train one day and you won’t see results, the same the following day… it’s only after a consistent period of time, of micro improvements.
That we can step back and see the progress we’ve made…life is all about the long game, the journey which leads me to inspiration #2
“The man who loves walking will walk further than the man who loves the destination…so what’s happened along that process? You’ve learned to love the journey, and when you love the journey the goals just happen, you hit milestones as a side effect, that’s cool, but I don’t love it as much as I love the journey..” Sal Di Stefano
In our culture of aspiration and success we celebrate the win which is only natural, but it’s important that we don’t fall into “destination addiction” where we are only focused on the prize and not the process and what we learn as a result of the journey…as we know the peaks in life can only exist with the valleys.
One thing I always talk about is honouring who you are and getting to know thyself. That journey of inner exploration and growth as we continue our souls journey and something David Goggins mentions surrounding overcoming insecurity…we all as a part of being human compare ourselves to those around us… we are often drawn to people who seemingly have the qualities we admire and want for ourselves, when of course this is merely a reflection of what we also hold.
But what David Goggins realised was to stop caring about what other people thought of him…in his words “he had to stop giving a fuck, I realised that everybody is fucked up… I was walking around and I put these people up on a pedestal, everybody was better than me, so I can’t tell you anything about me because you’re going to judge me..and I’m gonna feel even worse than I am. What I realised when I calmed my mind down and stood back was just how jacked up this world is. once you realise you are not alone and that everybody hats talking to you about how jacked up you are, only thing they have done better than you is they’ve hidden their fucked up world better than you have”
Wow, there’s something to think about! How often have you caught yourself thinking how much better other people seem to have it, or have it all together and you don’t? One thing I’ve learned and to remind myself things aren’t always as they seem, esp in this hyped up social media world on insta reels and stories which only give us a highlight or curated moment without seeing the full story or reality…
It reminds me of a story when I took a visiting overseas friend out to a spectacular west coast beach. As I do I love taking pics of natural scenery and she said how we can never capture this moment by a picture, the picture merely is a representation of this moment or the subject you’re trying to capture.
Which got me thinking…it’s true, nothing beats the real thing, having a direct visceral experience.
Lastly I’ll leave you with the daily gratitude of 5 things to be grateful of…which ties in with celebrating the little wins
At the end of each day think of 5 things you were grateful for. Once again no matter how big or small
It could the fact you made it through the day, you did some form of exercise, you got your self out of negative mindset…
As always, thanks for listening and be well...
