I Am Outstanding

What a whirlwind last few days… I’m not sure what the hell is happening, but what I know is… I am in the midst of change.  What do I mean by this?  No idea.  For the past few weeks, I’ve been having conversations with various people that seem to have a common theme.  I may have mentioned this phenomenon in a previous blog entry, but it struck me in the face last weekend.  I had another conversation with a friend… and BOOM.  WHAT ARE YOUR GOALS?  This was a rude awakening.  I thought I was helping my friend, but in return my friend helped me.  You’re a leader… you’re a great teacher… you inspired me... blah, blah, blah.  Are you serious?  I did not realize that people felt this way about me.  I’ve always been striving and never arriving.  Apparently, I have.  If anyone tried to tell me all these good things before, I never heard you.  I guess I wasn’t ready.  Now, I hear you and I have been feeling overwhelmed for the past few days.  I’m a little excited and scared.  I’ve realized, to move towards my goal I have to LET GO of the old ideas of myself.  It’s like saying goodbye to the ‘old’ ME and hello to a ‘new’ ME.  In doing this, I think about Spencer West at WEday.  He has half a body and walks on his hands.  His mantra: REDEFINE POSSIBLE.  So what does he do?  He climbed Mt. Kilimanjaro.  If he can do that, I can do anything.  I will not limit myself.  My new mantra: I am outstanding.