I am on a weight loss journey, and it has been about a year and months now. I lost about 30lbs last year this time, and I’ve gained more than 21 of those pounds back. Before doing this post, it was the first time I saw the number that I had gained back. I’m shocked, disappointed, uncomfortable, and I feel defeated. I don’t know precisely what hurts more, the number, seeing myself go through this, or the pain of this process?
Seeing myself go through this feels like witnessing a baby trying to walk for the first time. They stand up, you get excited, they wobble, you start to brace yourself because you’re about to witness a milestone in their life, then they fall.
Question. Is falling failure? Nope. So why beat yourself up? Think of it this way. You’re winning because, to have fallen, you would have had to stand up in the first place. Sounds like a win to me.
What are you falling from that you have misinterpreted as failing at? What is something difficult for you but isn’t too hard for God? What is something you’re working towards that feels like it’s wearing on you?
Know that you are a winner. And you have got this. It’s already been done, and God has placed it on your heart for a reason. I will be 150lbs, and you are going to do, or be, whatever you are falling from. I encourage you to get up and go. I also encourage you to know that with each fall, you get up stronger and more knowledgeable.
One thing I forgot to tell you in my “baby first steps” analogy is that when a baby falls, they instantly get back up and try again. They never stay down, lose their joy, or wallow in the fact that they have fallen in the first place. They get up and try again. Maybe we should be like babies and get up and try again?
“Forget the former things; do not dwell on the past.”- Isaiah 43:18
Comment below lessons or a lesson you know now that you would not have learned if you had not fallen and how you will apply it moving forward. Peace and blessings.
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