"There Goes my Hero" watch her as she goes....
Everyone wants to read the story about how the hero overcame her many obstacles to get to a happy place in life. Her struggles are relateable. and her victories are inspiring. We all want to know we are not alone in our fears, in our dreams, in our failures.
There is a story however, in each moment, a victory inside the victory, and I don't believe one has to find the "full" fruition of great worldly success in order to have those moments, or even to talk about them.
Esther/Abraham Hicks says (if you don't know who she is, she is a magnificent motivational speaker, I highly recommend listening to some of her recorded sessions. Most of which are currently done on cruise ships. Her preference I guess.... ), if life feels difficult it is because we are paddling upstream rather than going with the flow of our calling and existence. It is that we allow the world to pile on problem after problem, rather than merely allowing our own destiny and spirit to take over. This is the difference between intuitive spiritual living and ego driven existence.
Some of us get very good at the ego stuff, we make a lot of money, we buy fancy things, eat expensive food, not that having money means you are necessarily acting out of ego, yet if it is the only attribute to your existence, something is most certainly missing.
I am not sure I chose a life in which I will make a lot of money, I am not sure I chose a life in which many people will say I am some sort of celebrity, or some amazing influence on their lives, however, the more I go, the more I understand, the life I choose is the one full of small victories, moments I feel are great whether anyone else tells me they are or not. And anytime I feel resistance to this it is merely because my circumstances do not match my passion.
My passion isn't something I wish to change, and even if I did it wouldn't last, and would only give me momentary comfort ... I do not seek this.
I often take pictures of myself or have pictures taken of me... clearly they exude a physical achievement, that is a small victory, however, to me, it is more than this.
Every time I take a selfie, or have a photo shoot there is a small victory that is far from only the physical manifestation. Let alone that I am 43 years old and have only been serious about my body building career (yes it's a career, sorry mom), since I was 40. Let alone that every single change is hard earned, that I am dealing with all the same physical issues a woman my age will have, and every time I row passed 670 meters in 3 minutes on the row machine, or complete 10x10 sets of loaded squats on a 1:15 interval it is a victory.
So I record it, mostly by photo, so I can share it because maybe there is someone out there who has closed the door on their dreams because the world tells them they are too old for it, or it isn't right or it's frivolous and vain. It isn't. I am no exhibitionist, and even if I was, how on earth does that hurt anyone else? I am not, I am merely hoping everyday to find something in myself, my heart, my soul, and of course my body, which will make me better, and MAYBE touch the life or lives of someone else who needs it as much as I do.
Have an amazing week and keep dreaming!
P.S. in case you didn't recognize the title, it's a derivative from the title of one of my favorite songs "My Hero" by the illustrious Foo Fighters ... "There goes my hero, watch him as he goes, there goes my hero, he's ordinary".....
Anna