How much does encouragement mean to you?
For me, personally, it means the world....
Belief in the self. Others believing in me. It makes all the difference!
What's something I've had to beat back?
Other's unbelief in me.... Discouragement.... Lack of support.... Judgment.... Put downs.... Negativity....
YUCK!!!!! Who needs THAT?!
SO, latch onto those positive thoughts, positive people, positive beliefs, and guess what? It WILL happen!!!!! Adjust your plan if you're following it and not getting results!
For me personally, my weight seems to fluctuate wildly with no rhyme or reason, but, you know what? I use that to my advantage!! Every time my weight goes up (which is typically about every other day), I adjust something - add a different exercise, add a bit more exercise, eat a bit better. End result? So far, I've lost about 30 pounds....
So, keep going, keep believing, keep encouraging, if the people in your life aren't supportive, then find ones that ARE! Shut out the ones that aren't (at least mind-wise. Don't buy into their lies and/or perspective), and hold on! You're in for quite a ride of success!!
The REAL questions are:
Who do YOU say you are?
What do YOU say you can do?
What are YOU doing?
What are YOU thinking?
What is YOUR perspective?
No one else's perspectives matter. All that matters is yours, because what YOU say about you, what YOU believe, is what will happen. After all, YOU create YOU (okay, well, I mean, God created you, but you create the VERSION of you that you go through the world with....).
So, take charge, take control, and ENJOY THE RIDE!!!!! We only get one life, so make it worth living - by loving, giving, and BEING that very special unique God-created individual you are....
As for me, I KNOW who I am, and if God intended me to be ugly (note: no one is), He would have made me that way. NO! I have the RIGHT to look great, feel great, BE great! I have the right to live! Don't you agree? And I know all of you do, too.