It Hurts

The beginning of the process of change is always painful. There will be moments of difficulty in the days ahead, but the initial steps of change are never easy to manage. One of the most powerful motivators to continue is the passion for a different future--having our vision fixed on a distant goal that can't be achieved by doing the same thing we've always done.

We have to continue to keep that picture out in front of us or we'll give up during the struggle to create new habits. Write that potential future down, talk about it often, and remind yourself what it is that you're truly aiming for. Sometimes it's the hope for something better that motivates us to keep striving when the journey of transformation seems too strenuous to travel.