Will belief get you through?
Yes it will.
Years ago I went on a soul searching trip
after I had knee surgery. My goal: sit on a deserted island for three weeks and
heal. So I ended up on a beautiful island 17hrs in a leaky boat off the west
coast of Sumatra. The anti malaria tablets were giving me the worst nightmares
so I stopped taking them. Two and a half weeks later I got the most incredible
fever. Even in my minus 4 sleeping bag,
I was still freezing. I needed a doctor badly I felt like I was dying, so they
brought someone to see me that clearly wasn’t a doctor but the only word I
could make out was malaria.
“When
life knocks you down, try to land on your back. Because if you can look up, you
can get up. Let your reason get you back up.” Les Brown
Cutting a very long story short, I travelled
to Singapore to see a proper doctor. After
nearly two weeks of travel and not one minute of sleep I finally made it. I was
hallucinating from fever and lack of sleep. The doctor I saw was amazing, she
gave me antibiotics and something to help me sleep. She told me I didn’t have
malaria but something had attacked my liver like malaria does. Relieved and
medicated I slept for three days straight!
“Don't
aim for success if you want it; just do what you love and believe in, and it
will come naturally.” David Frost
I think back how did I ever get through
that. I had no reference point of how long I could last and how long it would
take. Everything was totally unknown to me but I kept going and kept pushing.
“Keep
your dreams alive. Understand to achieve anything requires faith and belief in
yourself, vision, hard work, determination, and dedication. Remember all things
are possible for those who believe.” Gail
Devers
When we have a vision for our lives or a
dream we want to achieve often the only thing we have is belief. Other might people
doubt our plan or can’t possibly understand what we are trying to achieve. This
can throw us of course or lead to self-doubt and self talk. Push it all to one
side and just keep going, immerse yourself in what you are on the path to
achieving. If something happens that
causes you to doubt, just learn more, be more and be relentless.
The will be set backs, roadblocks and many
doubters but as the great Les Brown says “Believe and you will achieve”.
Rise Up. Out of the everyday and into life.
Reading your blog is truly inspiring and incredibly useful putting some of your ideas into action in my life. Thank you so much for sharing your journey with us, I look forward to all of your future posts!
ReplyDeleteThanks Jack, I appreciate the awesome feedback. Cant wait to share more. Cheers Dan.
Delete