12;46am..August 4, 2019,
As I am writing this so many thoughts are swirling through my head…..writing just helps me to clear my head when I have no one to talk too especially in the middle of the night.. just the reality…
I have been reading this a book by David Goggins called Can’t Hurt Me. If you have heard of him he was a Navy Seal and now a avid runner.. His book goes into detail about his life and his struggles to overcome and push through. I bought this book months ago, started reading put it down for awhile and decided to finish it.
I called this blog armored mind because it really struck me in a way that made me think about what hold me back from fully letting go and just living or even pushing through for that matter. Throughout the book David gives challenges of facing whatever is holding you down in the face and conquering head on. Sometimes you need a smack in the face to knock you back into reality.
Challenge 5 discusses visualization and the purpose of recognizing the obstacle stopping you from success. Obstacles can be anything on your mind that keeps from just saying YES. Most of the time it is your own self. I can be honest, I get in my own head especially when things don’t go my way. I overthink to the point where my mood will change and shut down. After dealing with so much rejection in my life, when things don’t go exactly the way I SEE them, I question was it even worth it? Was it worth being in my feelings because I didn’t get what I wanted without knowing that better was on the way.
Alot of times, I have to take a step back, BREATHE and take it one day at a time…I am learning not to let my mind control me. What I mean by that is, I will never stop being me but I won’t hold myself back from just living my life and celebrating success and celebrating failures or rejections. It’s not always you, sometimes people don’t appreciate what they really have until it’s no longer accessible.
Having a armored mind, you can really embrace the failures, success, and just the WAIT period. I know this blog may be all over the place slightly lol but I wanted to just open up a little bit to those of you who read my blogs. I am perfect the way that I am, flaws and all.
I will leave you with an excerpt from David’s book Can’t Hurt Me:
pg.162: ” You can’t prepare for everything but if you engage in strategic visualization ahead of time, you’ll be as prepared as you possibly can be. That also means being prepared to answer the simple questions. Why are you doing this? What is driving you toward this achievement? Where does the darkness you’re using as fuel come from? What has calloused your mind? You’ll need to have those answers at your fingertips when you hit a wall of pain and doubt. To push through, you’ll need to channel your darkness, feed off it, and lean on your calloused mind.”- David Goggins
I appreciate all of you who take the time out to read my blog it means alot! 🙂
Until next time…
-MB
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