Reach!

I listen to a lot of podcasts. A lot. I listen to Lewis Howes, Brendon Burchard, Jenna Kutcher, the Rise Podcast, Super Soul Conversations, Wayne Dyer……………. the list goes on.

One thing they have in common is each of them talk about reaching your potential. This means different things to different people at different times in their lives. Throughout whatever stage you are in, your potentials change.

I was abused as a child. My goal..my potential, was to become to be happy in life. I wasn’t sure how to do that, but I knew that’s what I wanted. I knew it was possible. I was successful in making that happen. Inwardly. Not always outwardly. But I’m still trying!

Later in life, when I was going through chemo because of breast cancer, my goals and potentials were much different. I wanted to feel “normal”. I wanted to look at the people that drove by on the street and not feel hatred for them because they were being “normal”, going somewhere and doing something meaningful. I just wanted to feel that there was something to look forward to.

Now I realize that no matter where you are in life, you can REACH. If you are rich and unhappy, if you are poor and unhappy, if you are healthy or if you are unhealthy….. no matter where you are in life – happy, unhappy, healthy, unhealthy, poor or rich – know that you can REACH. Reach to be happier. Money is not a factor. Relationships are not a factor. Look inside! Find your happiness.

Throughout my chemo treatment, I trusted that my end game was better than what I was going through. I learned to reach out to others, which was hard for me because of my abusive childhood. I had to REACH inside. I had to REACH to my husband. I had to REACH to my family. I had to REACH to our friends.

Most importantly, I had to REACH inside myself. I had to fight. I had to tell myself each and every day that I would do my best. Even if that only meant waking up and saying ” today I will do what I can”. My husband continually told my to BE KIND TO MYSELF. This became my motto. Be kind to myself. Always.

So know that every step forward counts. Even if it is a baby step. Chemo kicked my ass! But 3 months after my chemo had stopped, my husband challenged me to head out West. “Let’s hike some mountains”, he said.

What was my response.. “HELL YES!” And there we were. In Bryce Canyon, Utah, way outside my comfort zone even without being a recently recovered cancer patient!

No matter what your struggle, know that you can choose “HELL YES”!!!

Love to each and every one of you!

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