Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts
Showing posts with label motivation. Show all posts

Monday, August 19, 2013

For Freedom Not For Beauty




There’s a beauty that lives so deep inside each of us.

There’s a fickle eye that doesn’t believe anything it sees.

There’s a benefit in love that erases all doubt and believes good intentions.

There’s an ear that isn’t free enough to give the honest man the benefit of the doubt cluttered by lies not-mentioned.

Since when is creativity subject to criticism?

When is honesty subject to a jury of fears who wouldn’t believe rain if it fell, or sun if it shined?

Sometimes a flower grows when no ones watching.

Sometimes a bird sings and no one hears.

There’s a meadow no one runs on and a cloud no one names.

And what would the sky be with out the sun?

What would the earth be with out its rose?

They’d still be the sky and the Earth.

So perhaps there is a peace in becoming.

Perhaps the meaning is in the experience and not the sight.

Maybe a flower grows because it suffocates under ground.

Whether or not she is always noticed, beauty must become.

She doesn’t look for an eye.

She doesn’t listen for a voice.

She just becomes,

For Freedom Not For Beauty

-Chrisette Michele


Monday, May 20, 2013

my mind is stronger than my body

although I love to run and make sure I maintain a healthy lifestyle, I sometimes need encouragement as well. losing 80 lbs doesn't mean that's it. I find it harder now than ever to stay motivated. its only been almost a week since my last run and im already feeling gross. yes, i used the weather, sore muscles, PMS and having family in town as an excuse but that doesn't make it right. this morning the first thing i did, even before brushing my teeth, was pack a gym bag. even though the weather is disgusting out i wont let that stop me.
so to anyone out there who has just started working out or to those who do it on a regualr basis like myself and feel like a failure for missing a few days, always remember that your mind is stronger than your body. put on those kicks and get moving!