Sunday Story…Setbacks

Life rarely moves in a straight line at least not for me. Sometimes we take 3 steps forward and 4 steps back. Sometimes the only direction we go is laterally (back and forth!). And sometimes there is no forward progress at all.

This is frustrating. You work and work and work only to see no progress or worse, yet, negative progress. And there is nothing you can do about it except keep working but if you quit you will quit forever. Chinese Bamboo Tree


You know the story of the bamboo tree?

You plant it, water it, fertilize it for a whole year and nothing happens
The second year, same thing and nothing happens.
The third year, the same.
Fourth year again.
Sometime in the 5th year, if you have been consistent watering and fertilizing, the bamboo sprouts and grows 90 feet in about 6 weeks! If you stopped watering nothing would be happening.

Life is this way. It can be discouraging. You can work, do everything right and nothing happens. At least nothing you can see happens. But if you are persistent and consistent, sooner or later, things will happen. You will receive the rewards if you work the plan.

You are harvesting today the fruit of what you planted 5 years ago. So am I. If you aren’t getting what you want today start today and plant the seeds of what you want 5 years from now.

Get the things you want by doing things you haven’t done…consistently!

John Mariotti
www.crossfitodyssey.com
www.sunday-stories.blogspot.com
775-338-2412

Sunday Story…Onward

I want to win the lottery. If I win the lottery my life will change. If I win the lottery all the struggles of my life will be resolved.

We all want the quick fix, the magic pill, the one thing that will trump all the problems and issues. And every once in while we find it. Unfortunately it happens just often enough for us to believe that it is going to happen more often than it does. In the casino business they want every mark (customer) to win just enough to forget the losses and keep chasing the high of the win.

And the myth isn’t true.
It takes more than one treatment to cure the disease.
It takes shifting habits to institute real change.
There is no magic pill, no lottery ticket, and no lightning bolt that splits the ground and causes the world to move.

Stop looking for it. Stop chasing the myth of the big win, the tectonic shift, the instant gratification.

Your life, your effort, your being is too important to leave to the lottery ticket’s whims. Change will happen over time, with energy and perseverance. When it happens it will appear miraculous. You will know different.

Onward.

John Mariotti
www.crossfitodyssey.com
www.sunday-stories.blogspot.com
775-338-2412

Sunday Story…Perfect Day

One of the mentors I work with asks us to describe our “perfect day.” Then we get to look at how far we are from that perfect day. Then we get to start making choices and decisions about our life, how we spend our time and our money, and who and where.

When do you get up? What do you do after that? Who do you do it with? Where are you doing it? After that, what’s next? Then what? What is going to make you happy? If what you are doing now isn’t making you happy what are you doing about that? What steps did you take today to move closer to your goal? If this was your last day/week/year on earth would you do what you are about to do? If the answer is no, and the answer has been no for too many days in a row, something needs to change.

Part of my perfect day is helping you find your perfect day. Part of my perfect day is being part of your perfect day. Part of my perfect day is seeing you live your perfect day.

BUT you have to have some idea of what that is going to look like. You have to decide what YOUR perfect day looks like. Not mine. Not someone else’s perfect day…YOUR Perfect Day. Do what you love. Do it with people you love. Love your life. Live Your Perfect Day.

John Mariotti
www.crossfitodyssey.com
www.sunday-stories.blogspot.com
775-338-2412