Strength In Overcoming

"Strength doesn’t come from what you can do. It comes from overcoming the things you once thought you couldn’t." ~ Rikki Rogers

We’ve all experienced events in our lives when we just didn’t think we would possibly have the strength to get through, and yet we did. I look back on the eight years my husband and I dealt with infertility and I can remember many times thinking I didn’t have the strength to endure another unsuccessful treatment or heartbreaking negative pregnancy test. Yet, month after month and year after year, we found the strength to keep trying. And now here we are, twenty-one years later, having just celebrated our oldest daughter's birthday and preparing to send our youngest daughter off to college in the fall. (Funny how all those years went a lot faster than the other 8!)

Anyway, if you really think about it...

You can probably recall times when you’ve overcome an obstacle or reached a goal you weren’t sure you could actually achieve. Strength comes from those moments when you look the fear of failure in the eyes and declare to take action anyway, in spite of the fear or the risk. Strength shines through in the moments you feel you’ve reached your breaking point and can't possibly go on.

Your strength - your true inner strength - is always there. Always waiting to be called upon. SO call on it - every time - call on it when you are feeling scared, overwhelmed, lonely, exhausted, hopeless, whatever - call on it - it’s there. And that strength that you find when you do overcome whatever challenges or difficulties you are facing... that strength continues to grow.

Call on your inner strength today, to help you accomplish something you think you can’t do. Whether it be one more push-up in your morning workout, confronting a co-worker who has been bullying you or finally starting that business you’ve been dreaming about. Take a deep breath and trust that you really do have the strength to overcome whatever it is you are feeling today that is holding you back from being your best true you.

Spend some time this week exploring your inner strength. When in your life have you felt the strongest? The most empowered? Know what your strength looks, feels and acts like for you. What did you do to get yourself to that energetic space? It may be speaking empowering words of affirmation to yourself. It may be in taking a risk, stepping out of your comfort zone. Stepping up to a challenge or asking for help. Yes, sometimes the greatest strength comes in admitting we need help. So, have the strength ask for help if you need it.

Whatever the case, get to know your inner strength. Make friends with it so you can call on it whenever you need it. And if there is something going on in your life right now that you need strength to get through, then let this be your sign to call upon your inner strength and resiliency to reach that place that you currently believe you can’t reach. Breathe deeply, ground yourself and feel your energy build as you speak words of courage to yourself. Then trust yourself and let your inner strength carry you farther than you might think you can go.

Here's to finding strength that you never knew you had. It's there - call on it. Then watch it grow.

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