The Climb

Megan
Mar 6, 2018
2 min read

Some days, stuff just doesn’t work out. Several things that I’ve been working really hard on lately have just not panned out. It’s frustrating and disappointing and usually, in the moment, I just want to give up. That little voice gets loud in my head. “You’re just not good enough, Megan.” “You didn’t try hard enough, Megan.” “You screwed up and heard wrong. This is not your path, Megan.” I’m so guilty of caving into that voice and believing her and letting her tell me it’s okay to crawl back under the covers and cry and give up. But not today. Early this morning, I read an email that said one venture I’d put some solid stock in wasn’t panning out. Normally, my response would be one of anger and frustration. But today, my response is going to be THANK YOU for TRYING! Let’s keep trying! Where there’s a will, there’s a way and I can FEEL that this is going to work. Maybe the timing is bad but the idea is good and this is going to happen. Try harder. Think bigger. MAKE IT WORK.

It's so easy to give into that horrible mean girl that says some really awful things to me, about me and in my own voice. But today, I am ignoring her. Because I know that I’m on the right path. Sometimes, a tree falls across my path and I have to find another way – over, under, around – but I trust that I’m on the right path. I have been through too much to let one “no” – one dead tree – make me turn around. OK, maybe it’s been several “nos” and dead trees. But that’s part of the journey. And today, I’m not turning around. I will keep moving forward and try harder and find new ways.

Laugh if you want but I heard a song in the grocery store the other day that I’d forgotten about but knew all the words to. It’s cheesy but true. Oh Miley…

"There's always gonna be another mountain I'm always gonna wanna make it move Always gonna be an uphill battle Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose Ain't about how fast I get there Ain't about what's waiting on the other side It's the climb"