Blog #626: Bare Feet. Hot Coals. Jumpstart.
He wasn’t the first to say it.
But it was the first time I’d heard it.
“I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!”
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Tony Robbins.
1994.
The guy was probably THE most famous motivational person in the world.
I wanted to feel him in action.
I attended his fire-walking event.
That weekend carried TWO revitalizing moments for me.
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#1. I walked barefoot across hot coals.
I’ve now done it three times, but the first time, I remember standing in front of a 15-foot-long row of glowing orange and red coals. My pant legs were rolled high as to not catch a rising ember…and then I watched my shoeless left foot boldly step onto the burning coals. It was a conscious, out-of-body experience.
The truth about firewalking?
Scientifically…
Walking on hot coals is easy to understand.
It’s really not a big deal.
Psychologically…
It’s a huge deal.
After doing it, I wondered:
“What else do I think I CAN’T do…but I CAN?”
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#2. Tony said something that revitalized me.
Tony shared a testimonial about what prompted him to create change in himself. He told a story about reaching a low point in his life where he was fed up with where he was and wanted to change who he was.
He said:
“I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!”
As I sat in my seat watching and listening, I felt those words hard.
I’d just come off a nasty election loss.
I didn’t know what to do next with my career.
I needed a jumpstart.
After the event…
My head, vision, and legs took off.
Again.
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They’re difference-making words.
“I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!”
They’re for those who want to live bolder.
They’re for those who want to live braver.
They’re for those who want to live better.
When I hit a lull in my life…
The words are on automatic rewind in my head.
They push me to look past acceptance.
They spark me to take bigger action.
Until I do, I know I will keep hearing the words:
“Do something about how you’re living, thinking, and feeling…
or choose to keep living, thinking, and feeling this!”
My struggles, fears, defeats, frustrations, and anxieties don’t own me.
Your struggles, fears, defeats, frustrations, and anxieties don’t own you.
But before we can ever cut the cord and move toward something bolder, braver, and better…we have to claim the words.
“I’m sick and tired of being sick and tired!”
S.
EXTRA Thoughts…
I’m aware that my websites are down.
Since January 31, my teammates and I’ve been working furiously for hours a day to fix HUGE issues caused by a hacker.
Of course, the situation sucks for me.
As I type this now…
TWO thoughts have slipped into my head:
1. Be patient.
2. Be diligent.
Obviously…words whispered from my higher self because they’re NOT currently what I’m feeling.
😒
But I will prevail.
Because I’m sick and tired of my websites being down.
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