Change

Questions that start with "how" often present themselves. How do I gain this? How do I lose this? How do I make this bigger? How do I make this smaller? How can I eat like that? How did I get this way? How do I live without whatever?  How? How? How? All seem valid; however,  all are the  same essential question: "HOW DO I CHANGE?"  The answer lies in the belief that you can, then  doing whatever necessary to support that belief. Sounds simple, sounds cliche, and it is both. 

Mental blocks are a part of every endeavor and physical limitations play a crucial role in being a change agent for yourself. In spite of these two very real obstacles there is something lurking underneath that is the true master of both success and defeat. That lurking master is spirit, or will, or heart, or soul, or drive, or whatever you may categorize it as. It is the true self, and it's where the house of belief is continually constructed. This is who you listen to when you think you "can't" because your mind will tell you to stop long before your body needs to. Furthermore, your body has chemical safety protocols that kick in, way before they're needed, as a protective mechanism to prevent injury. Thus, both mind and body sweep in to protect the flesh unconsciously and often too early. This is why training was invented, to push back the threshold of "can't". 

Next time your mind and body say stop, think with your spirit and push a little more as if to tell your protectors to go fuck themselves. You'll taste freedom in that moment, but it will elude you. If you want to change, keep following your spirit toward freedom. Look on "can't" with pity. Envelope your pain with love. Wrap the image of what you want in a ribbon of belief and fix it to your spirit. Pay attention to what occurs.