When I broke my left forearm back when I was 10 (or something like that), I spent 3 days on a hospital bed without using my legs. When it was finally time to get out of my bed, use my legs, and go home, something funny happened that I'd never experienced before: my leg muscles were so weak that I could barely stand. Not just weak as in having run a marathon, weak as in I hadn't used them at all. When we don't use our muscles, they weaken, and if we don't have the spirit to move despite the lack of strength, we may never get up.
As I write this, it's clear that there are two main components to moving forward (or lack thereof):
1) the muscle to move
2) the spirit to move
I'll say this, the more muscle there is the easier it is to have the spirit. It's a lot easier to be motivated to do 20 pushups when you know you have the muscle to do 20 pushups. It's not as easy to do 1 pushup when we can barely do half a pushup.
I'd say, for the sake of this article, what's most necessary for movement is actually number 2, the spirit to move.
What Creates The Spirit To Move?
I do not come to you today as a knower of answer. I am seeking answers on this topic as much as you are, today. So take what I say with a grain of salt. It is not truth. It is not THE answer. Like I said, I am seeking the answer for myself today.
So...what creates the spirit to move? More specifically, what creates MY spirit to move?
The first thing that comes to mind is to forgive myself for the lack of movement, as well as the harsh treatment of myself for how I've been moving, or not moving.
The second thing I'd say it to get complete, in whatever way that needs to happen.
Third is to create something to strive for. Some kind of future that drives me, that excites me, that I want to have happen.
Fourth is to create a structure to fulfill on that goal.
Fifth is to take action.
A Message For Myself
I think the reality is that I am not happy with how I'm conducting myself lately. That's just the truth of it. I reverted to old ways of being that I don't identify with. It actually disgusts me. It's not wrong, I get. More so, it's not in alignment. I'm not about it.
Let me ask myself this: what is all of this for? Meaning, what is the point of being on top of my game? What is the point of being the best I can be?
To create the best possible environment for growth, transformation, for life.
It just seems that the better I am, the better life is for all.
