“The human mind is a miracle, and you will never see it spring more beautifully into action than when it is fighting against evidence that it needs to change.”
- David Wong -
Yesterday I quoted David too. I read an article he wrote somewhere on-line. Because I feel he touched on so many pertinent points, I want to share some more with you today.
If you are a regular reader you know I joined a gym 6 weeks ago. I had my first assessment this morning with Ken a.k.a. Superfit. All good. I get to move beyond 1 hour of cardio every day to weight training twice a week and 1 hour of cardio 3 times per week. Woohoo! In my hamstering* process I have noticed a very active internal conversation going on. That conversation is transferring to other areas of my life. The whole thing about commitment to ourselves and getting rid of baggage so we can get on with the business of thriving. Let me share some interesting points from David Wong’s article (and let me say I am sorry I was unable to track it down to include a link)
“Your psyche is equipped with layer after layer of defense mechanisms designed to shoot down anything that might keep things from staying exactly where they are; ask any addict. So even now, some of you reading this are feeling your brain bombard you with knee-jerk reasons to reject it. From experience, I can say that these seem to come in the form of :
*Intentionally interpreting any criticism as an insult
*Focusing on the messenger to avoid hearing the message
*Focusing on the tone to avoid hearing the content
*Revising your own history
*Pretending that any self-improvement would somehow be selling out your True Self”
Many of us have witnessed people around us who are their own worst enemy. I have decided I will not be that. Everyday that I choose to better myself at the gym it transfers into the choices I make throughout the day: food, sleep, thoughts I entertain. Being the process in your life begins with noticing when our old patterns try to sabotage our efforts. So today my wish for you is to be in your awareness about the “reasons” the brain wants to resist change.
Namaste!
Bianca
*Hamstering: walking or running on a treadmill or other gym apparatus like a hamster on his wheel in a cage. (Should be in the dictionary but for now is only in the Biancanary)
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you!
- David Wong -
Yesterday I quoted David too. I read an article he wrote somewhere on-line. Because I feel he touched on so many pertinent points, I want to share some more with you today.
If you are a regular reader you know I joined a gym 6 weeks ago. I had my first assessment this morning with Ken a.k.a. Superfit. All good. I get to move beyond 1 hour of cardio every day to weight training twice a week and 1 hour of cardio 3 times per week. Woohoo! In my hamstering* process I have noticed a very active internal conversation going on. That conversation is transferring to other areas of my life. The whole thing about commitment to ourselves and getting rid of baggage so we can get on with the business of thriving. Let me share some interesting points from David Wong’s article (and let me say I am sorry I was unable to track it down to include a link)
“Your psyche is equipped with layer after layer of defense mechanisms designed to shoot down anything that might keep things from staying exactly where they are; ask any addict. So even now, some of you reading this are feeling your brain bombard you with knee-jerk reasons to reject it. From experience, I can say that these seem to come in the form of :
*Intentionally interpreting any criticism as an insult
*Focusing on the messenger to avoid hearing the message
*Focusing on the tone to avoid hearing the content
*Revising your own history
*Pretending that any self-improvement would somehow be selling out your True Self”
Many of us have witnessed people around us who are their own worst enemy. I have decided I will not be that. Everyday that I choose to better myself at the gym it transfers into the choices I make throughout the day: food, sleep, thoughts I entertain. Being the process in your life begins with noticing when our old patterns try to sabotage our efforts. So today my wish for you is to be in your awareness about the “reasons” the brain wants to resist change.
Namaste!
Bianca
*Hamstering: walking or running on a treadmill or other gym apparatus like a hamster on his wheel in a cage. (Should be in the dictionary but for now is only in the Biancanary)
This personal blog was written by Bianca Pittoors. You may “share” it in its entirety. I respectfully request that you respect it as the intellectual property that it is. Thank you!
