I received this poster & sweatshirt in the mail today from the team retreat I wasn’t able to attend due to Ella’s broken elbow surgery . . .
We hang the posters around the retreat house because not everybody knows each other, so it’s a fun way for people to put a face with a name. The poster was rolled up in a box & honestly, I was going to stick it in the closet. But I unrolled it and . . .
𝐈 𝐬𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐞𝐝 & 𝐠𝐨𝐭 𝐚 𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐭𝐥𝐞 𝐭𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐲 𝐞𝐲𝐞𝐝. 𝗪𝐡𝐲?
For 13 years I sat in a corporate America job that my heart wasn’t in. Everyday I got up & went thru the motions. I hated the feeling of being watched over, of punching a 9 – 5 clock, of somebody else deciding if you were worthy of a year end bonus. And I was always stressed about getting time off, especially at the holidays to be with my family. I finally hit that elevator button for the last time.
I have never regretted it but I did find myself searching for a purpose. So I committed to running the Chicago Marathon on behalf of St Jude & took my running from 6 miles to 26.2 miles sub 4. As an asthmatic who couldn’t run 20 yards when I started, I had found my purpose . . . I wanted to inspire people to be their strongest self.
And so this poster makes me smile because my St Jude hat reminds me to never quit, I exercise to be my strongest self, I’m building a business that my heart is in and because of the mindset work we do on our coach team, I learned to see paw prints not as an extra mess to clean but as paw prints of joy that Coach the doodle brings my kids. 🐾
𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐟𝐞. 𝐋𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐢𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐭. ❤️
