Have you ever wrecked a Lexus?
Have you ever wrecked someone else's Lexus?
How about have you ever wrecked your parent's Lexus while pulling into a parking place to eat at the City Cafe? I might know someone that happened to one time...
My wife and I had just got back from a trip to Mexico for our 10 year anniversary. We stayed at an all inclusive resort for a week. It was amazing!
Coffee in paradise
But we had terrible timing because right after we got back we were signed up to do the Cotton Row 10k. In my infinite wisdom, I decided to run the race in the hot and humid weather wearing flag pants.
Side note- flag pants are hilarious for about 1 mile, every mile afterwards are pain and misery. In case you were considering this feat.
All of that would have been fine, but Mexico will sometimes do things to your digestive system that is not in the travel brochure. We both completed the race, but were feeling really dehydrated and loopy.
And where else should you go feeling like that, but to a place that serves massive amounts of food. I had borrowed my parents car (a Lexus) since the Boot Camp Mobile was in the shop. I went to go pull into a parking place and BAM nailed an innocent car that was just sitting there.
You haven't felt embarrassment until you have to explain to an irate man that you indeed it his car while you were trying to pull into a space. And you are wearing flag pants. He probably thought I was drunk and I don't blame him.
I was 36 when this happened, so I had been pulling into parking places for a long time without incident. You know what happened afterwards? I was rattled! I got nervous pulling into parking places, thinking I was going to do it again.
I let one incident make me think I was no longer capable of doing something.
Has this ever happened to you? Not the flag pants wearing, car crashing stuff, but where you let one incident define reality for you?
Tried to eat healthy and it didn't work out, so you think you can't.
Tried to start a regular exercise program, but failed.
Tried to become a runner and it didn't work out.
Tried to get up early and work out one time, but you told yourself you couldn't.
Chances are you fit in somewhere along those lines. Are you letting past failures keep you from attempting to reach your goals?
You are capable of so much more than what you are doing now. Don't be afraid to attempt new things. You are not the same person you used to be.