When I worked as an admissions counselor for an online University, I was taught to discover a potential student's IDM (interest, desire, and motivation) and then use their IDM as a way to encourage them on their educational journey.
When I started this journey of weight loss and becoming a Triathlete I was asked: "why are you doing this?" "why now?" "what is your end goal?" These are thought provoking questions that surface when my mouth is dry and its 2 miles to the next aid station, or when my ankle screams at me early in the morning when I get out of bed, or when its extremely hot, extremely cold, or extremely precipitous. When these questions raise under the adverse conditions I listed, I am reminded to stay in touch with myself.
I am evolving in my awareness of staying in touch with myself. Being able to feel the surge of power in my legs on a sprint, or feel the long and strong pull and glide through the water as a rotate my hips and shoulders, or conquer that damn hill, that comes at the beginning and end of every race, by using every muscle in body down to my eyelashes!!
My IDM comes from transforming my unbearable pain to livable disappointment. One of my run coaches gave me wrist ban that I wear now when starting a race it says: "Run Your Run" I have added to it Run Your Run Because Its Fun Until Its Done! My IDM is not to over perform nor under perform but just be present on the journey and sooner or later transformation happens and the real me emerges from a cocoon that has long sense served its purpose. There is a wonderful scene at the end of the WIZ when Evil-Leanne is defeated and the workers in the sweat shed their old skins and emerge singing: "Can't you feel a Brand New Day!"
Being in touch with myself inside and outside is my IDM for continuing on this journey. To answer the question I raised before: "Why now?" If, not now when!
Peace & Blessings on Your Journey
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