During the final big climb of spin class today, the instructor shouted, “Do this for all the people who said you weren’t good enough or pretty enough or smart enough!”
As I started to pour on the effort, the thought popped into my mind “I’m doing this for ME!” A surge of energy flowed up from my chest, a feeling of total joy and I hit it hard to the finish.
This week in certification we’ve been studying feelings, learning to identify them, allow them, process them and it’s been a fascinating experience.
Would I have still felt joy from the original thought? Who knows? What I do know is we all have the ability to choose our thoughts and that can be incredibly empowering.