Hello Everyone,

I hope this post finds you all well. I wanted to write today about something that is possibly the most difficult hurdle for most people to get over when it comes to getting in shape, losing weight, or making just about any change that might make their lives better.

In my book, there is a section entitled Opening up to Love and in it, I basically go over the small part of us all that oftentimes keeps us from making beneficial changes.

At this point, I don’t think anyone would disagree that in our culture we have a hard time with things like self esteem, self respect, and self love. We want to be everyone’s friend. We ask and ask and ask for others to love us but we never find that love that we seek.

We live dependent on everyone else’s opinions of us. And, we never truly look deeply within ourselves to find out what it is that we want.

We tend not to love ourselves enough and this has to change. Until we find appreciation for ourselves we will not take the steps necessary to change. Deep down we do not believe we deserve to change. And, so on the surface it just seems like we are not motivated.

We may encounter short spurts of inspiration but those never really take hold and so we fall short. We rely on our emotions to tell us what we need. And, those emotions are always dependent on external stimuli.

Right now, you need to look deeply into yourself. Right now, you need to decide what you want for yourself. Right now, the change needs to be started so that the results you receive from the changes you make create the feelings that motivate you further.

Motivation is not something that just shows up and it is not something that you need to wait for. For most, desperation needs to ensue, rock bottom needs to be reached before a change is made.

Haha….well you need only look outside your door. Look at the news or read a newspaper and you will see rock bottom. Look at the untold millions of people dying everyday and suffering for no reason at all. I’m sure you know someone or a few people who have suffered from diabetes, or heart disease, or cancer, obesity, or Alzheimer’s.

Maybe you yourself are one of those people. But, yet you are waiting for the motivation to hit. Look in the mirror and you will see your motivation.

Love of self…

Peace, Love, Light!

Michael Angelica
http://hackingthebodymind.com

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