I have just come across this quote that has so resonated
with me that I simply had to share my story.
In April 2012, I took the leap of faith and started my own
business to get away from the most difficult and challenging set of
circumstances (that have been ongoing since 2009) I have faced in my personal
life in a long time. This was the beginning of an exciting journey for me and I
finally felt happy and contented for the first time in a long time.
However, in July 2012 yet another unexpected event pulled
the rug from under my feet and left me feeling completely bewildered and unable
to focus on anything good or positive in my life. From July through to
December, I was fighting a constant battle with the “mind gremlins” who were
telling me “what are you doing this all for”, no-one cares whether you succeed
or not” “just give up”. I have never come so close to listening to them and
simply just quitting. However, giving up is simply not in my nature or in my
vocabulary so I wasn’t prepared to give anyone the satisfaction of giving in
and quitting what I had worked so hard to achieve - this was simply not an
option or solution.
Fortunately for me I have always had a very strong and supportive
network of family and friends around me who stand by me no matter what - for
which I remain eternally grateful. I began to realise towards the end of
December 2012 that I had spent an unnecessary amount of time focusing my
valuable time and energy on aspects of my life that I really have no control
over. This “light bulb” moment about how I had allowed certain people – who no
longer had any significance in my life - to clutter my mind with negativity was
for me life changing. It was then that
my outlook changed and what better time than just before the start of a new
year. Yes, I may have carried over some unfinished business into 2013 but I no
longer allow it to dominate my time or energies and give it any credence with
which to influence my life.January has so far been an amazing month for me. I have changed as a person and I no longer take for granted anything or anyone who matters dearly to me – the rest of them can take a hike quite honestly. I have so much to be grateful for and so many positive aspects of my life that truly deserve 100% of my focus and energy that I have no room for any of the negative “monkey chatter” that I have allowed to dominate my life. I have never felt so focussed, determined, positive and full of excitement for the opportunities that lie ahead. I am working on the confidence issue and I am sure it is only a matter of time for that to be fully restored also.
April 2013 will be the first anniversary of my business and
I am determined to have made a real success of it in order to celebrate in
style. If someone had said to me a year ago that I would have fulfilled a
life-long ambition of having my own business, I would not have believed them.
So, now that I am in this position, nothing or no-one is going to stop me from
reaching my goals and fulfilling all my life ambitions and dreams. I have been
blessed with so many wonderful experiences and met some truly inspiring ladies
who I am privileged to call my friends that the incentive to succeed in
business is massive. I most definitely would not give it all up now. Bring it
on, I am ready!
I love what I do as a massage therapist and am passionate
about health and wellbeing. I love working with clients to try and alleviate
pain related issues due to back ache, tension, stresses and strains.
Hold onto your dreams and don’t ever give up. Don’t ever let
anyone make you think you are not capable of achieving whatever your heart
desires.
As you can see, I do love my quotes and the following are
also very close to my heart:When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us. Alexander Graham Bell
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