“Nothing’s impossible, only I’M possible”
My idea of life is to be happy, but to strive for betterness.
To do this, i believe it’s in finding out who you are and doing what’s best to live your life healthy & positively.
A key i believe to living at our fullest, is knowledge.
With knowledge comes a power, a power to exceed limits and a power to suceed, but something that many of us overlook or cannot see, is the power to appreciate.
Once we acquire knowledge in new areas which we may have previously misunderstood, we can overcome fears or doubts, learn not to judge, understand challenges from new angles, but most of all we can accept ourselves and know it’s simply, who we are.
Second, is to VALUE ourselves. In putting health, fitness, mental state, emotional state, etc etc first, above material possessions, greed, ego, party life etc, we learn to lift ourselves to an area of life, most desire, but cannot see the path. Giving value to important aspects in our lives, help us to achieve more, avoid sickness & experience amazing things life, as we stop saying words like wish, could, would, need etc.. and start doing as we stop holding ourselves back. The only challenge in life is to realise we’re in control and make our own choices that will govern the outcome. For example, friends who approach me, and say that desperately need to do exercise, but are huge party-goers and week-in, week-out spend loads getting wasted.. All i answer with is.. “How much do you value your health at the moment..?”
I have a huge following of martial arts legends Bruce Lee and Jet Li, due to their philosophies, morals & passion for life. Bruce lee having studied philosophy in pursuit of personal perfection, always searching for answers & improvement, inspired me immensely. Recently, one thing Jet said in an interview with NBC about china & the olympics that is simple, but something i have believed myself is, “Discover yourself, Challenge yourself, Do your best”.
As these two stars have become inspirations for me, helping others to find their passions in life, dreaming big and living those dreams in reality, and treating your mind body and soul as a temple, not allowing negativity, drugs etc to ever get in the way of feeling amazing each and every day. I’m not a religious person, but i do believe in having your own beliefs, morals, quests, goals, whatever you like to call them, to inspire yourself to appreciate life, and live life the best way you can.
I have come to find inspiration and motivation through my love of movies and any messages i can take from there. Nearly every movie i’ve seen, i’ve taken at least one quote that can be used to give more meaning to the things i do, regardless how cheesy (and yes we know there are some) the movie has been.
For example, some great lines i have heard..
Batman Begins - “Why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves up”
Rocky Balboa - “You, me or nobody, will hit as hard as life. But it ain’t about how hard you hit, it’s about how hard you can get hit, and keep moving forward, how much you can take, and keep moving forward”
Patch Adams - “If you focus on the problem, you can’t see the solution. (and) See what no one else sees. See what everyone chooses not to see… out of fear, conformity or laziness. See the whole world anew each day”
The Great Debaters - “I do what i must, so i can do what i like”
Kung Fu Panda - “..You’re too concerned with what was, and what will be..(there’s a saying) Yesterday is history; Tommorrow is a mystery; But today is a gift, that is why it is called the present.”
All of these appeal to me, as they are based on focusing on what’s important at hand, and believing you are always capable. Problems or issues are never worth the worry or stress most of us tend to give them, as i believe it’s like the patch adams analogy, where we are too focused on the problem, rather than focusing on the positive, which is the solution.
How i believe this relates to our health & fitness, is we are too used to focusing on things like – “i have no time”, “i can’t afford it”, “i can’t be bothered” etc etc.. rather than, “when can i make time”, “how can i put the money aside”, “I want to feel better”.
More coming soon..
