JUST DO IT!

Sir,

Often when in conversation with others I am rather taken aback when people say ‘I am trying.’ To me this divulges that the person has not fully committed themselves to the deed. They are struggling. They may even be feeling despondent.

When we do something, anything, we have to be fully engrossed in what we are doing. We have to live the moment, enjoy the experience and give it everything we have. When we do that we are not doing it to impress anyone, we will not require validation from others for we are doing it because we love the experience, we have made a conscious choice to do it whole heartedly.  We take it as an opportunity to experience ourselves in that way for that time. Doing it half heartedly or ‘absently’ is what leads to one not getting any validation even from self.

If we do not give of ourselves whole heartedly be it in a relationship, be it in our work, then what have we come to do in this physical space? Are we just passing time waiting to die, failing to experience ourselves in ‘all ways’? Each day should be an opportunity for new beginnings, for new experiences for new awakenings. We should re-remember the zest we had for life as children and rekindle that enthusiasm. We should stop looking at everything as though it were just a drain. We should use those opportunities to make the most of life! Daily we should find new ways to look at our lives, we should learn to look at everything differently.

No matter how mundane the work we do, we should appreciate the fact that we have a job to wake up to daily. Had we remained home we would not meet the people who frequent our work spaces. We would not have had the opportunity of dressing up and occupying different spaces whilst on our way to work.

I was inspired and motivated by the story of Brandon Beack, a former gymnast and dancer who had received South African colours and who suffered severe spinal injury while training and became wheelchair-bound, when interviewed, he stated; “I decided to enjoy my time while in this wheelchair.” It was also worth noting that he stated that the doctors in America where he had undergone treatment had advised him to visualise his muscles responding to the signals. He recently met the Olympic standards to participate in the Olympics. Visualisation is key to achieving success. AB de Villiers stated, during an interview, that; “I could hear the crowd cheering...long before I became famous.”  He also stated that belief, consistency and hard work is what led to his success. None of these people stated that; “I was trying!” They just did it! The words we use will either uplift us and assist in the manifestation of our dreams or they will deplete us to the level where we give up.

I believe more than proving to others what we can do, it is important to prove it to ourselves. We have to be so dedicated in our belief in self that it becomes as important to us as breathing. Getting involved in something must consume each and every thought we have. We must eat, sleep, dream and work towards what we want to achieve daily. In a world where energies are moving extremely fast it is important to live the moment, to celebrate it and feel the highest feeling ever we had about who we are always. We cannot ‘try’, we just have to do it, whatever ‘it’ may be.

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Inalda Jorge-Antonio

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