Limiting Thoughts
One important thing about the Body For Life program is to have a positive mindset. That means that you need to reduce the amount of negativity in your life. Now, that’s not the same as reducing stress. You can be negative and not be under stress. The reverse is true: you can be under tremendous stress and still not be negative about it. The difference is YOU.
The most limiting word in the English language is “Can’t”. How many times have you been told (or said) “I can’t do that”.
You’ll find that if you dig down, there are a great number of times that you actually CAN.
I was house sitting for my parents when I started the Body For Life program when two doors down the ambulance was called to assist the elderly woman who lived there. The door was locked, and the cross-the-street neighbor had the key. She shuffles out of her house yelling “I’ve got the key…but I can’t run! You’ll have to be patient.”
The paramedics responded they needed her to hurry. Her reply: “I can’t run!”
They shouted out that they could see her on the floor in the living room.
You know what? She could run. She proved it by scurrying across the street.
But she had convinced herself that she could not run, and in keeping that thought in her mind, she formed limiting beliefs which were holding her back. Once she dug down inside herself, and moved beyond her own belief patterns, she found strength.
What belief patterns are holding you back from being the person you long to be?
