Climb

OK - I swear - I am not a dork. I am not 35 years old and listening to Miley Cyrus.

But ... I did hear this song today and since my girls were in the car I could not change the channel. The lyrics really spoke to me:

Climb

I can almost see it

That dream I am dreaming

But there's a voice inside my head saying

"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking

Every move I make feels

Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying

Gotta keep the head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a up-hill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to loose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing

The chances I'm taking

Sometimes I knock me down

But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it

But these are the moments that

I'm gonna remember most, yeah

Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong

Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a up-hill battle

Sometimes you're gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain

I'm always gonna wanna make it move

Always gonna be a up-hill battle

Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there

Ain't about what's waiting on the other side

It's the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing

Keep the faith, baby

It's all about, it's all about the climb

Keep the faith, Keep your faith.

I know this is how I feel a lot lately. In reality - I am losing a ton of weight - really fast. But I get lost when I start trying to look around my mountain instead of realizing that I have so many lessons to learn while I'm climbing. I want to be thin ... NOW! But if I don't take the time to learn the lessons that this surgery has afforded me - I will just be right back where I started in a few short years. I have the voices telling me that I can't do this - that I am destined to be the fat chic.

So what mountain are you climbing right now? Are you so focused on what should be on the other side that you are not enjoying the climb? I know - sometimes the climb is NOT enjoyable. But it's the lessons we learn while we're climbing that make the other side so sweet! Is your faith wavering because you have been climbing for so long? Is that voice in your head telling you you'll never make it? Keep the faith!

Jeremiah 29:11 - For I know the plans I have for you, declares the Lord. Plans to prosper you and not to harm you. Plans to give you a hope and a future.

Hear that? I have a hope and a future! And you do, too!

Enjoy the climb, friends!