What Are The Obstacles You Create For Yourself?

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In my other blog I talk about it and I wanted to share the obstacles I create. Follow the link to The Obstacles We Create  .

My biggest obstacle I create and face is me… My insecurities about me… How I am and how I look. I do not look like the average fitness fanatic. But I love movement.

I just believe we move different and have different movement goals and that Media lies to us about what healthy looks like.

I am also physically very short… I look extremely young for my age. This has been always been my obstacle. It is only recently that I turned it into my uniqueness. I am small, but that does not make we weak! I use it now as proof that it is not the package that makes the something great, but what is inside that matters… Dynamite comes in small packages…

This is the obstacle I created and battle to overcome so often… What is our? Leave it in the comment section below.

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ du Plessis

 

Doing It For You

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I do not want to start sounding repetitive. But YOU need to be your first focus. Now if you are like me. You’ll probably cringe at hearing that and a picture of a narcissistic, entitled, spoiled etc. person creeps in to your mind. AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO BE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT!! Now, now. Calm down. Take a deep breath. Listen…

Putting yourself first is not ANYWHERE near being like the above mentioned. In fact the above mentioned want you to believe that so that you will be easy manipulated by them. Why? Because if you put yourself first you know your value. You add towards that value by putting work into yourself. Like any other project. The more aspects, more time, more experience and expertise. The more expensive and time consuming the project. This is why taking time to evolve and really building yourself up in all aspects of being human is SOOO important. Because it adds value to all the environments you are involved in.

That is what I am talking about. Taking care of you so that you can take care and supply guidance wherever you are! DOing it for YOU to add value wherever YOU find YOURSELF.

Not being narcissistic, spoiled, entitled etcetera. Just understanding that you have value and to maintain and add to it you need to do things for YOU. Sometimes put YOUR needs first.

You cannot pour from a empty cup.

Keep Moving!!

Jean-Marie’ Roux

The hated M word!

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I want to talk about the M word.

The M word is so big and touches our lives in every single way. We live by it’s rules even tough “we” can not control it; can control our exposure to it. We feel judged by it, but we “allow ” it.

Personally I believe the M word and all it encompasses can be used for good and I’ll be honest I use it. I am using it now…. Know what the M word is yet? I mean in our modern world I think we will not be able to go without it. Or am I also being deceived by its allure?

I am merely just pointing out that it brings out more “bad” in us as “good”I am also referring to how it works on our self esteem and awareness. It makes us shallow and petty in my experience. Now don’t get me wrong. I am also woven in with the M word. I participate and sometimes get caught up in it just like everybody else!

My Question is if we are in control of it; why do we allow it so much power over us? Why do we cave to it’s demands?

Know what the M word is? Comment below with your thoughts and also if you agree with my assessment.

Thank You

Keep Moving !

Jean-Marié Roux

Is This All That I Am… All I can Be?

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Today has been tough. I am angry at myself. I can not understand why I just can’t do what I want to. Why is it that something so simple seems and is physically HARD for me to do? Am I bad?? Am I THAT bad?? No one else seems to struggle like me… Am I that WEAK???

Through my journey of learning I’ve learnt to forgive myself to be compassionate to MYSELF. I am just human… And even if I have high expectations of myself, I also need to know myself. By knowing or better said being aware of my inner being. Who I Am, the WHOLE me. I can change and become the ME I want to.

I am still hard on myself, BUT I WILL NOT BE WEAK… There is more to me and I CAN and WILL be SUCCESSFUL!! Where I fall short like today I will be compassionate but NOT complacent. I will get out of this and forgive myself to carry on and be the ME PI want to be.

It is time to stop being my worst enemy, harshest judge and become my best ally and cheerleader.

Am I the only one who feels like this?

Please let me know

Keep Moving!

#2019Aware

Jean-Marie’ Roux

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A Letter Of Forgiveness

I forgive you for…

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I have been given the opportunity to write a letter or letters of forgiveness. Letters that will never be sent and will only ever be seen by me. Why? You ask? What is the Reason or what is the goal?

This was done for me… Forgiveness is never for the person who needs it . It is to free us from the hold that person has on us, fairly or not. This experience and yes it was an experience! Taught me how I still held some resentment towards them. How it affected my life in a bad way! They still had a bit of control over me!

I started slow… Wanted to make it a good letter… Thanking them. telling them I loved them and appreciated what they did for me… Then I got stuck… How can I now say by the way I forgive you for A,B,C….X,Y,Z…. Yeah… That did not fly…

So I started with I forgive you for….

And O My WORD…. Did it ALL pour out!!! I went in detail and for the first time I could articulate my feelings with no disruptions. When I was done I was surprised at what I said, how some things affected me to this day! After writing the letters I could also rationalize the situation. Have better perceptions of why this happened, I could sympathize more and be more compassionate towards them that hurt me. They did not always hurt me out of spite but to be honest out of ignorance.

For the first time I could listen to these people and really HEAR what they are saying, by being more compassionate and not just trying to respond. I had no residual “blocks” or defense mechanisms towards them. I was free from the old holds!

I highly encourage you to try it!! Not for them but for you because you deserve to be free!! In every capacity.

Let me know if you ever did this and what was your experience?

Thank You

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ Roux

Being My Own Worst Enemy

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Hi There

Do you ever think that maybe you are not where you want to be because YOU are in your own way in some shape or form? Why is it easy to look for extrinsic causes than intrinsic? Is it really just me that feels like this?

I am my own enemy! Sometimes I am not even aware that I am. But it amazes me that I am still in my own way. It just reaffirms to me that we need to do introspection as much as possible. We change and our environment has impacts on us even if we are not immediately aware of it. This is not a bad thing… But I do think it is a something we to not place enough importance on.

We can not change what we do not know. Thus we should investigate ourselves regularly and KNOW what WE WANT, WHY WE WANT IT and WHO WE ARE. Because the reasons change and we change and what we want change.

Today, I needed to take responsibility for being in my own way, for being my own worst enemy without really consciously knowing it. I made excuses and I lost my passion. I almost gave my self a fatal wound!

I am the only one who can account for my life and what I have and had done with it. ME, MYSELF and I. I would rather be my own cheerleader, champion, best friend and motivator than keeping myself down without even knowing it or knowing why.

I am changing this today. I need some introspection and changing my enemy to my greatest Ally!!

Keep Introspecting

Keep Evolving

Keep Being Aware

Keep Moving

Jean-Marie’ Roux

Strikhedonia

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This month’s word is Strikhedonia and I think it follows perfectly with last months word: Sophrosyne. Having a healthy state of minds means sometimes we must just: Let it go! Yes even Disney says so!! So it MUST be true!!

We can not be in control of everything. We can not say yes to everything!

So for this month lets say strikhedonia to the uncontrollable and continue on our journey to sophrosyne!!

I love words!! Just look how smart and almost mysterious it sounds!! Any way I think it is important to grow and expanding our vocabulary is part of growing, evolving into YOU !

Until next Time

Keep Moving!!

Jean-Marie’ Roux

Sophrosyne

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This month’s focus is about self awareness.In my own experience I have found that we are mostly look for happiness outside of ourselves. We look for it in other people, activities, hobbies, materials etc. Very rarely we look for it inside, deep inside ourselves!

I want to challenge you this month to look into yourself and start getting to know the true you!

This step was very hard for me, but I can TRULY say I am very happier since I have shifted my focus on myself and where I gain my self worth from. I love that it is a exciting never ending journey, never ending movement to a complete me, how I was made to be. HAPPY!

Let me know your thoughts on Sophrosyne. Being content and happy with oneself.

God Bless!

Keep Moving!!

Jean-Marie’ Roux

More Than The Sum Of Your Parts

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This is something I read in my Anatomy Text book First year of University. Aaaand…. Yes, out of everything I have forgotten and go back and read up on, I have never forgotten that phrase. I can not believe I now do it for fun not because I HAVE to!! LOL

But Back to what I want to share.

Take it in. We are amazing beings!!! We are more than just a physical being, we are intelektual, creative, spiritual and so much more. There are aspects of our whole being that we give more attention to or are more attuned to, but we are still more than what we project or focus on.

I have lived this. I would always tell people I am not creative, but I actually am I just never tried to be or focussed on being creative. I have blocked that aspect of myself. The thing is we are all uniquely intelektual,creative, spiritual etc.

We just forget to really “grow” ourselves in all aspects of our being. We seem to be stuck on Physical change and Growth. But if we remember we are more than just a body, we can grow in other ways that also lead to a purpose fulled life.

I am also a firm believer that when we feed our WHOLE self it pours over into every ASPECT of our being and life!

What do you thin? Feel free to leave your thoughts in the comments below!

Until Next Time

Keep Moving!

Jean-Marie’ Roux

#NeverStopMoving Happy New Year!!! #2019

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I just want to say HAPPY NEW YEAR !! Happy 2019 !! I really feel good about 2019. Anyone else feel this way?

My #OneWord #2019 is #2019Aware!! I want to be more aware about what I learned in #2018Evolve. I am proud to say, yes… I did evolve. I realised who I am and I learned that I like myself and if I don’t… Guess what I can change it!! I have never felt more relaxed and confident about who I am.

This year I want to cement the cognitive change that has happened and not fall back on old habits. This year I am going to be aware and create awareness!!

What is your #OneWord2019?

God Bless!

Keep Moving!!

Jean-Marie’ Roux