You have been warned!!! Right? Laughing out loud! Who all said this or read it this year? Raise your proverbial hand.

If you thought this as well but didn’t say it out loud, it’s ok. What these messages remind me of is when we often have thoughts but after someone says something, we all sort of think it’s ok to say it out loud ourselves. It’s like we wait until someone else says it or does it and then we know it’s ok to jump on that bandwagon.

For example, last year I believe was the year we told everyone to “save your New Year’s Resolutions.” Do you remember that? And what happened? No posts about New Year’s Resolutions went up. No “new year new me.” No weight loss goals were posted. Nothing.

I took note of this because I’m often interested in our behaviors. I wondered how many abandoned their goals that year. I do understand that we have a tendency to start goals and stop working towards them but I wonder how many never started them as a result of those posts being made.

That’s where my curiosity lies. That is where my concern lies as well. How often do we abandon our own ideas, goals, dreams, or aspirations because of the thoughts and words of others.

Think on it. Have you?

For myself, I usually don’t reveal my goals for that very reason. And I make goals often. I just made a new goal last week to read all the books I have in this stack on my dresser by the end of this year. Half of them I’ve started. So instead of adding to the stack, I’ve challenged myself to read them all.

Another goal I made just last week is to work out every day starting on Monday (after Thanksgiving). I took off from working out about a week ago to just relax hell. I normally work out at 5am so I just wanted to sleep-in without worrying about working out or the stress of missing a day. So I missed all of them.

Even though I’m writing about these goals, if I fail…so what! If I sent out a group text saying Happy Thanksgiving…so what! No one is hurt from these actions. Not one person. Is it an inconvenience in reading them or opening them? No. The only issue with these texts is that one person that replies back to everyone at 1:30 in the morning. Lol. Or you may receive that reply from someone that says “who is this?” But that’s all…no harm, no foul.

Or you make that goal and actually stick to it for a month. If you don’t work out; but actually worked out for ONE month, that is a huge accomplishments! Who cares if the gym is packed! A packed gym is a good thing! When was going to the gym a bad then? So what, the gym rats have to wait on you to figure the machine out.

How many family members do you have that are suffering from ailments or complications from diseases due to obesity? How many of them do you wish would visit the gym? How would you feel if they’d decided to go to the gym to improve their health and someone makes them feel ashamed for making that goal? How would you feel if someone rolled their eyes at your mom, dad, Uncle, Auntie, sister, or brother for occupying a treadmill?

You wouldn’t like it at all. So as always, let me challenge you to consider your family if you decide to condemn others for such things. It’s so easy to do. We all do it…even myself. Sometimes I have to challenge myself or remind myself of simple words coming out of my mouth.

To say, don’t text me no group message may actually prevent someone from sending out things like “I love you,” “I need prayer,” or “I need help.”

Thanks for you attention. Remember you are your own competition.

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