"You will come to know
that what appears today to be a
sacrifice
will prove instead to be
the greatest investment that
you will ever make."
- Gordon B. Hinckley
As I begin creating goals for 2014, I've come back to this quote that sits in front of me every day in my office. Reflecting on the goals that I made for myself this time last year for 2013 I've realized that I have had to make many sacrifices to get where I'm at now, not realizing that I would essentially need to do that to grow and learn. This quote is a reminder of just that. Choosing to invest in your life and in your future, starts with one sacrifice, saying good bye to who you are in the moment you decide to better yourself. I did that January 1 of 2013. I said good bye to the scared little girl inside of me and decided to grab a hold of who I knew I could be if I would just sacrifice letting go of who I'd been. I was stuck, confused...
Sacrifice allows you to see things in the rear-view mirror more clearly than you ever did looking out over the hood. *FGL reference if anyone noticed ;)* You will not find success if you don't sacrifice. Your goal should be to finish the race the best that you can, seeing the bigger picture not just the present. However, I know that I've had to learn daily that I need to be living in the present to get to the future. Take weight loss for example, you have to take it day by day, pound by pound, because it's not a quick fix. I personally had to work very hard and sacrifice a lot of my time and small temporary pleasures to get to where I am. That's just an easy example of living in the present but also seeing the bigger picture down the road. You have to stop the excuses if you ever what to further any goal that you have for yourself. Once you make that goal, stick to it and keep yourself accountable. Learn to trust yourself. Once you trust yourself, you will seriously be capable of anything.
Ultimately you have to be OK with where you are.
If my point isn't getting across, because I know I jump all over the place sometimes, I'm trying to articulate that sacrifice is one of the first steps to becoming a better version of yourself. Invest in yourself, learn to love every part of who you are, even the disappointments. God has already forgiven those, it's your turn to forgive yourself.
Just a thought for the day
xoxo
