Believing in Yourself
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Published 2024-05-14
When it comes to getting it done, or being challenged to push through something tough in life, how do you fair?
Do you struggle to feel accomplished?
Do you feel like you are drowning and there is no way out?
Or how about giving up because the going got tough?
If this sounds like something you have been through before, or are going through currently, then it may be time to check your mindset and your self-talk.
There is no denying that life will through you curveballs.
Back in 2013 as I was literally kicking butt in karate for my 2nd degree black belt, I would never have thought I would have hurt myself, gone through 10 surgeries, gained almost 60 extra pounds and then elect to amputate my leg above the knee.
Just writing that sounds absolutely crazy and a horrible fiction story. But that was my reality.
Those were tough days, months and years- five years to be exact, and making the decision to amputate wasn't the end of that journey but a beginning to a whole new shift in my life. I still had to struggle with pain, swelling, adjusting to my new body image and learning to love it. I had problems with fitting prosthetics, I had a huge neuroma that a year after my amputation I went under the knife again and had it removed. Through all of these trials, however, I was being conditioned and building my resilience to my new lifestyle.
Each of these steps I had to figure my way through physically and mentally.
Each of these moments was leading me to a better understanding of myself, my tolerance, showing my strengths and my weaknesses, so I could become better at handling the curveballs of life.
What did I find that helped me?
MINDSET MATTERS!
What I tell myself, how I speak to myself with my inner voice (and sometimes my outer voice). I realized that my words and thinking could lift me up and allow me to soar, or it was going to be my demise with negativity. Through trial and error I learned and grew.
I take challenges head on now. I am competitive with myself, and I know that my mind, my energy, and my will to succeed has brought me through tough times. I believe how I think is what has made becoming an amputee a life giving second chance for me versus my undoing.
I am no one special, but my ability to see the positive in my situation has helped me become more successful as an amputee.
It hasn't been easy, even though it may appear that way. What you perceive as me "easily" going through something really hard has had it's challenges, it's pains and problems, I have cried and I have been angry, but at the end of the day I choose positive!
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