Quotables #1

All right, in an effort to keep this blog as MORE than just the daily updates, I'm instilling a new idea. I plan on trying to find inspirational, motivational, or positive quotes that apply to my current situation.

Don't worry. I've already found my first one! :)

You don't drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.
--Unknown

I saw this quote, and it instilled a great deal of pride in me for my actions today. I've always been a person to get so easily discouraged by the little things. Sometimes, I forget to take a look at the big picture and not focus so much upon the little things.
Last night, I stepped on the scale with high hopes. And I found the complete opposite of what I wanted. It was shocking, just as much as falling in a cold, deep body of water may be. I began to let myself drown right away, as I am so accustomed to doing. I moped all night and still found the same scale results in the morning.

After work, I decided something. I will be my own life preserver. I floated my way out of the proverbial lake and up on to dry, warm, sand. Taking a step back, I looked at that lake, and I was able to see it for what it was: just a puddle in the journey. One in which I can choose to drown or choose to jump right over.

I was able to jump, and I made today a fantastic day. I'm not stepping on the scale tonight, because I know it might not say what I want. I need to weigh myself less often and not become obsessed with that scale. Because if I am nitpicking about weighing myself morning, noon, and night, I will most certainly drown.

Please step back from the lakes in your life. You, too, might just find them to be puddles. So let's put on our rainboots and dance in the water instead of drowning in it! Chances are you'll be seeing rainbows soon enough.