Memories That Empower

We are born into this world an empty vessel. Throughout our lives we fill that vessel with memories. Good times resulting in amazing memories, feel the best when remembered in dreams, contemplated during quiet meditation or called upon when strength is needed. But when our vessel over flows with memories of experiences that left only heartache and pain, there is no more room for good. Those memories must be emptied out onto the ground, then walked away from. Their place is in the past, not hindering our future happiness. Learn from those unpleasant times but don’t continue to carry them.

The times we push our limits without giving in, become memories that will empower and strengthen us during our hardest trials. The toughest athlete is not the one that followed the easy road but the one that continued moving forward, leaving their previous failures behind. The strong give themselves the permission to leave the unpleasant behind. The winner approaching the finish is not reliving past failure, they are instead drawing power from the times they didn’t quit. Even if the victory they seek is merely to finish.

It’s not just a step, it’s a start.

Dave