The Right Fit

Happy Tuesday!  I wanted to share a little of my heart today and hopefully a little encouragement.  This past Saturday, I was fortunate to be able to attend a ladies only conference put on by AdvoCare called Ladies Alive.  It was so inspiring to be in the room with over 3000 women of like mind.  To hear some of the life stories was just so motivating and inspiring.  One of the best part about living in this area is that I get to hear from some of the leading ladies of AdvoCare and their stories are just as powerful.  The one that stirred me the most was the last speaker who happens to be a pastors wife.  She gave an object lesson that really hit home for me and gave me some perspective on my journey and struggles.  She started with a large pink beach ball.  She asked us to view that ball as our journey/life.  Next she picked up another smaller ball and suggested that was our husbands, then picked up another and said it was our kids and so on until her hands were so full that she had to drop the big pink ball.  As women we tend to pick up everyone else's things and neglect our own.  Its so easy to fall into that trap and we don't "pay" ourselves first because we simply don't have time or energy.  That was huge for me.  How can I be at my best for my family when I can't even take care of myself?  This was part of my reason for being uncomfortable and something I still struggle with.  Always something that needs to be done, but I have committed to paying myself first!

Her message was two fold and I love this next part...she held up a tank top.  She talked about how her husband is always trying to get her to wear his t-shirts and that her response is always the same, "I don't dress like that and I don't like wearing clothes that are made to fit YOU".  She related that to us as women, she suggested that not everyone in the room would wear her tiny little tank top, for various reasons, but mostly because it was not meant to fit everyone!  Are you getting the visual??  Whatever "tank-top" I might find myself wearing may not be the same as yours and that is OK!!!

I will close with this... what's YOUR focus?   Its time to find your focus, set some goals and chase them!  Make "the fit" yours, make it fun {yes its possible for it to be fun}, but make it yours!!