Getting Back to the Basics

byHolihana

286 followers

8 years ago

It's funny how you can go along in life thinking that everything is going great and then all of a sudden you turn the corner and are thrown a curve ball that nearly knocks you over and takes your breath away. You get up wondering, "What the heck just happened and how did I get here?" The truth is, when reality sets in and we are truly honest with ourselves, we can see that there were little signs all along the way, warning us to make a change. To go a different direction, make an adjustment or just plain stop, but we ignored it and now we are laying flat on our backs looking up. And up seems so far away. At this point there is often a tendency to beat ourselves up or even wallow in a little or a lot of self pity, however, if we are wise this is the perfect time to get back to the basics and start fresh. No judgement for the past, just patience and love. No matter where life takes us, it is always our choice to go there whether we realize it or not. What matters is, if we end up somewhere we don't want to be, we don't go backwards, but get back to the basics of our foundation and move forward from where we are, learning from what we did and move forward.

Getting back to the basics is often a very difficult task because most of us have done things in a certain way for so long that it's hard for us to see that there is a better way. But in order for us to grow, to get better, improve our health, improve our wealth, our happiness, love and life, we must do what must be done. When we set out to make ourselves better, part of getting back to the basics is taking baby steps. Setting standards for ourselves and while not comparing oneself to the standards or accomplishments, but using them as a guide to where you can go and do. Sometimes we only need to go as far as the mirror to see the change we need and want to be.

When I think of "the Basics" I think of the foundations that most of us were hopefully or should have been brought up on that inherently makes us the people we are today. Unfortunately, many times our foundations are flawed or have been damaged by the elements of life and we need to go in and do some repair.

My goal with getting back to the basics is to help people repair their foundations, make it strong and ultimately live a life that is incredible. My model is "Live life incredibly... inspire someone." So as I write, I hope to help people get back to the basics and live incredibly, to have incredible health, incredible wealth, and an incredible life.