Will you keep going when life is tough?
True story. If you are squeamish, hold someone’s hand.
5 years ago, I was getting ready to host our virtual Crush 2020 Summit. We had over 200 people registered.
A few days before the summit, I slipped on a rock @ Slide Rock in Sedona and I tore my hamstring completely off my pelvis.
It was the longest car ride of my life, sitting on a bag of ice for 8 hours all the way back to Los Angeles.
Surgery was booked two weeks out.
My leg was purple from my butt to my ankle.
I had a 6-hour virtual summit to run and kids to feed…
I am not going to lie, I thought about cancelling, I was going to…
Until…
I talked to my buddy Jason, who said, “Imagine how epic it would be if you could still run the thing?”
And so I did…
I stood on one leg and taught hundreds of people about Sphere Building for 6 hours straight.
I made $25K that day standing on one leg and helping a bunch of great people.
I could have made nothing and maybe that would have been okay.
Jason was right, though, the story would not have been epic at all. Just a sad story about an aging man, who tried to do the splits, hurt his leg and lie down in his bed for two weeks
I don’t know who needs to hear this right now…
But tough situations, difficult obstacles, stressful moments these are sent to us as tests…
What will we do?
How will we respond?
Will we allow these challenges to shape our character?
Sometimes I do lie down in my bed and pull the covers over my head, not going to lie.
However, I am increasingly finding joy in being the kind of person who refuses to lie down, who never submits, who always gets back up.
Your current challenge might be the greatest opportunity for growth that you will ever get.
How will you respond?
The choice is always yours.
G. x
I’m definitely going through a period of tough times where I’ve been served up
one health challenge after another over the last 5 years.
At first I plunged into researching, changing my eating habits and learning to manage each one, telling myself I’d get back to full speed once I was back to full energy.
As soon as I was comfortable with managing one issue, a new one would pop up. That built anxiety and made we want to stop making big plans until I was back to “normal”.
I finally had to do what you did: keep going with my business of writing and creating courses in spite of the health challenges.
What if this is “normal” for now? I look for lessons and blessings and keep
moving. If nothing else, my health journey is certainly part of my life story now.
Thanks for sharing your inspiring story.
You have written exactly what I needed to read. My husband and I decided about a year ago to sell our home of 40 years, move to another state up in the mountains with our two dachshunds. We have been here less than a month when one of the doxies had a flare up of IVDD causing him to be paralyzed in the back legs. This requires 8-10 weeks minimum of crate rest along with 24/7 monitoring and care.
To put it mildly, I am learning to love the life I'm living and not the one I had planned.