We can now resume day 17 -devotion.
We are asked to commit to live our best life, serve and be served, love and be loved. Our spiritual, emotional and physical well being is our priority. We nurture and nourish ourselves and know that there is nothing more important on the earth but US. We are all that matters right now.
No this isn't arrogance or selfishness, but devotion to chipping off anything that keeps our light from shining brightly.
My favorite client who is now a good friend, lost 125 lbs since I met her. She came to me as one of my first clients at the gym, with a 6 month old baby and toddler in tow, put them in childcare, and bought one of many 12 session packages.
Through many, many painful months of workouts, diet modifications and support, she started losing weight like crazy. This may have appeared selfish to some, the money spent paying someone to teach her to workout effectively, plus paying for two kids in childcare, the cost of vitamins, healthy food, new clothes; this was a huge investment in herself and her well being.
So now a few years later, she wears smaller sizes than me, has a great career and walks tall in her strength and beauty. Not surprisingly, her marriage ended when she shed the weight that she hid inside, and life has had its agonizing challenges, but I can guarantee the money and time she invested in herself was worth every penny. She knew this was work that needed to be done, and she did it. She is the strongest person I know, and her commitment is unending. She has lost the most weight of anyone I have ever met, and gained more than she ever thought possible.
That is extraordinary devotion to oneself.
The good news is.....We all have it in us.
