Walk Your Talk - especially when it hurts
My lifestyle
mentoring business is my passion. I don't simply say the words. I live
them. Everything I say or write in my business I speak from the heart.
My clients tell me it shows. It's what makes my business the wonderful
success I perceive it to be. It makes me feel good about myself and I
enjoy getting some lovely feedback from time to time.
Sometimes however you need to have the stuffing knocked out of you. Mine was about to come.
Three months ago I
met my test in the form of a simple but painful injury to my leg. More
than that I was to find out it was the culmination of many years of
favouring a weakness in one leg. Being an active sportsman of many
years I have long been proud of the strength in my legs.
The remedy now however would be more than a few exercises and some pain-killing tablets. I would have to almost teach myself to walk properly again. Muscles that had apparently not been favoured for years screamed for mercy as they were forced back into long-gone action.
The remedy now however would be more than a few exercises and some pain-killing tablets. I would have to almost teach myself to walk properly again. Muscles that had apparently not been favoured for years screamed for mercy as they were forced back into long-gone action.
Simple walking
became a constant mental demand just to put my legs into action. Even
lying in bed gave no respite. Sitting was my only relief and I clung to
the comfort of chairs whenever I could. My positive thinking
philosophies were being tested to the full. Walking my talk was hurting -
literally and figuratively.
Pain is relative
for everyone. It was the constancy that was getting me to call on all my
many years of lifestyle mentoring resources.
I would love to say
that walking my talk finally did the trick. However it took the caring
concern of others to push me beyond my comfort zone, encouraging me to
confront the rapids of my white water fears that would carry me
welcomingly into the still waters of mental peace over which I could
again regain my control and composure.
What I have learned
from this experience is not simply if you walk your talk all will be
well. Others could not make me break through my comfort zone. I had to
make that decision alone. It was the talk I had so often walked that
said each of us has more power, strength and tenacity than we know of
until our limits are tested.
Whatever the nature
of your pain, I encourage you to take the test and pass the exam. Only
then can you move on to the next level of understanding that the true
joy of living lies in the outcomes of confronting and beating the pain.
Written by Peter Nicholls
Peter
Nicholls is Australia's People Gardener - Growing Better People. Peter
brings the gentle caring of a gardener to helping cultivate people from
all walks of life to grow vigorously, develop their talents and allow
their potential to blossom. Peter lives in Adelaide in South Australia.
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