Embrace

Every year, I have been picking “one” word to focus, for the rest of the year.  This has been a challenge given by my team, at work.  This year, I picked “embrace” so that I am reminded of embracing what I have - negative or positive.

Some of you already know that I have gone through a 9-month long program at work around Women in Leadership.  It has been intense and eye-opening.  Most importantly though, it allowed me to look inside (a little too much, for my liking).  As I dove deeper into myself, I was made aware of the parts of me that I am not happy with.   As much as I try to fix some of it, there are some aspects of my personality that is here to stay, like my impatience.  I learned ways to cope with it better but I was also taught to accept it and more forward.  It is ironic in a way because prior to the program, I was already on the path of “moving forward” (in my opinion) but the program made me pause to think.

I will admit that one part of “embrace” helps me in giving myself some slack.  I have many ideas when it comes to strength training and providing to my community.  And I constantly feel like I am letting down my community by not providing enough.  The month of March was a great example.  I failed my timelines of publishing my blog.  Having a busy life should not have been an excuse.  By mid March, I knew that my blog would be about “Embrace” but I couldn’t find the inspiration and time to write about it.  As each week of April went by, my guilt grew bigger.  Then I paused… I “embraced” the fact that I had other priorities that needed my attention.  I focused on my weekly classes (Train and Smile) to provide my passion to my community.  And finally, I came in peace with the fact that I am a month delayed in publishing my blog.

YOU are my community, whether I know you or not.  My purpose is keeping you healthy, strong and also sane by sharing my workouts, tips and personal thoughts.  If, at any point, I fail on it please let me know so that I can correct path.

Thank YOU for being my community and give yourself a big High Five for being YOU!

EMbrace the moment just like that frozen tree… :)