You Can Do It!

I have good news and bad news. Which one do you like first?

No one is coming.

That's both good news and bad news, rolled into one. It sounds dismal but true. Sometimes, all we can really do is to help ourselves rather than wait for someone to come and rescue us. We can choose to wallow in misery, in fear or in loneliness or we can choose to motivate ourselves to do what is needed to be done.

I’ve told myself the same things last night. All those you can do it woman stuff that I’ve often used when I’m about to chicken out with something. It’s true that sometimes, no one is coming. In this case, the only person who can motivate yourself is no other than your beloved self. YOU.

After all, you are your own best friend.

It’s not being narcissistic rather it’s an antidote to fear. It’s not true that in times of trouble, we are alone. The whole world might leave you but no, Someone is definitely watching over us, and yes, you have yourself, too. If nobody comes and rescue you, I believe the only thing left for you to do is to rescue your own self. You are your own knight in shining armour.

Just get your butt moving. Exercise your body and mind. Just move and do the thing you ought to do. And just what Alanis Morisette in her song says, “ Everything's gonna be fine, fine, fine.”

And with that, all the positive vibes comes to you. They come with such a great force that you can begin to imagine yourself literally hauling a huge boulder down the cliff. Alone. (Okay, maybe too much but a woman can always try her best!)

Time won’t wait for you as you sit and mope over your latest disappointment in life, fact is, time will fly. Rather than get stuck somewhere between the stratosphere and ionosphere, why not just get up and kick your own butt.

One of the greatest lessons I’ve ever learned in this lifetime is that, you can pray and pray all you want and do nothing. Or you can pray for guidance and then do what you gotta do. Even if your knees are shaking, just do it. That way something gets done. One step at a time or you can run as much as you want. Whatever floats your boat. Sometimes we human beings are funny. There are times that sadness, loneliness and fear paralyze us until we can’t even begin to distinguish an apple from mango.

It’s not healthy.

In life, sometimes you win, sometimes you lose. It’s a fact. You don’t win everyday. And we can always take comfort and wisdom from the idea that there are no mistakes, only lessons learned. Despite of everything, life is good.

So now, if you’ll excuse me please, I’m going to the coffee shop and buy my beautiful self some green tea and cinnamon rolls to go.

Feel free to join me.