Is it possible?

jkleman79

Possibilities


I used to think that my limitations

were more important than my possibilities.

Unhappy because I was not always accepted,

because I was shy, because I was different.

I blamed my troubles on my weaknesses,

never considering my strengths.

Wanting what I did not have,

but always thought I needed.


But now I know that living does not

lie in limitations, it lies in possibilities.

If I can feel love and sorrow, and joy, and compassion,

And if I allow myself to be myself,

than I'VE ALWAYS HAD ALL I NEED.

Anything else is a gift.

Copyright - Karen Babcock

Xaspar

Thank you for sharing this...

Connie_TN

Thank you so much for this share. It is right up the alley for me.

Tracyrocksss

LOVE your post-- THANK you----Hey, I have a question... My brother, (who also has a great deal of weight to lose like myself) and I were talking last weekend and I was asking him HOWWWWW--hoowwwwww--- do I take the advice I have heard SO often that you need to love yourself first--- that you need to love yourself just as you are, etc........

I have come to apoint where I am just TIRED of being embarassed.....feel ashamed about my weight....feel sad...don't LIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE the person I am when I am this weight/etc....and it seems that self-loathing is where I HAD to arrive in order to actually take ACTION ( join this site, being a real effort) ..........

before I decided to DO SOMETHING about my weight, I was doing the " I am good just as God made me" type of thing.....I just wrote off anyone who "wrote me off" and just decided that it is their misfortune if they judge me for being overweight and that **I** knew what was on the onside of me/what my potential is/ how talented I am, and on and on and on...And while I told myself how wonderful I was, I continued to eat and not exercise and the monster in the closet kept getting bigger and bigger ( literally!!) but I could always keep it on the back burner by telling myself how much I loved myself and what a great person I am.......It seems all that "self love" did for me was to help my weight monster to grow even more.........!!?? HOW does one love yourself and yet understand that a very essential part of your problem is this shameful issue that is always visibly there for the world to see???How do you get/stay motivated to CHANGE for the better if you dont' have some kind of "healthy shame" ( is there such a thing, really!?? I'm asking!!) WOuld love to hear anyone's thoughts/support..MAN, I coudl use it....xoxoxoxoxo

CJK1959

Inspirational and right on target. Thank you!

inotnew

tracyrocksss - your weight is only ONE thing about the whole you. Do not focus on that one thing for every little bit of your self esteem. You could probably list of 10 things easily of the things you like to do, the things you have accomplished and the kind person you are. Then it would take about 10 minutes to list another 20. You MUST focus on the other good things about yourself while working on this one thing. I have been there and may be there again at times. But don't look at your self as a fat person. You can see yourself as a good person who happens to need to watch her calories and do a little exercise. Always believe in yourself, because who else will? Take Care and good luck!

Amysgetnfit

LOVE your post-- THANK you----Hey, I have a question... My brother, (who also has a great deal of weight to lose like myself) and I were talking last weekend and I was asking him HOWWWWW--hoowwwwww--- do I take the advice I have heard SO often that you need to love yourself first--- that you need to love yourself just as you are, etc........

I have come to apoint where I am just TIRED of being embarassed.....feel ashamed about my weight....feel sad...don't LIKEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE the person I am when I am this weight/etc....and it seems that self-loathing is where I HAD to arrive in order to actually take ACTION ( join this site, being a real effort) ..........

before I decided to DO SOMETHING about my weight, I was doing the " I am good just as God made me" type of thing.....I just wrote off anyone who "wrote me off" and just decided that it is their misfortune if they judge me for being overweight and that **I** knew what was on the onside of me/what my potential is/ how talented I am, and on and on and on...And while I told myself how wonderful I was, I continued to eat and not exercise and the monster in the closet kept getting bigger and bigger ( literally!!) but I could always keep it on the back burner by telling myself how much I loved myself and what a great person I am.......It seems all that "self love" did for me was to help my weight monster to grow even more.........!!?? HOW does one love yourself and yet understand that a very essential part of your problem is this shameful issue that is always visibly there for the world to see???How do you get/stay motivated to CHANGE for the better if you dont' have some kind of "healthy shame" ( is there such a thing, really!?? I'm asking!!) WOuld love to hear anyone's thoughts/support..MAN, I coudl use it....xoxoxoxoxo

You have to decide that you are worth the effort to put the work in that is required to be healthy. it's not enough to just say that you know your worth it you have to take action as well

Tracyrocksss

(((((((Toni)))))))Thanks so much for your helpful words and support.....i appreciate it and will refer to this often...xoxoxoxo

Tracyrocksss

Amy!! Thanks, friend!!! I appreciate your support-xoxoxoxo