The only way I know how

A lesson I have learned in the past few weeks reminded me of an old Sammy Davis Jr. song, “I’ve gotta be me”.  One thing I am certain of, is that we are each gifted in a unique way and designed amazingly different.  I can’t do what you do best and only I can do what I do best.

When you are a little banged up you have a tendency to read a lot and try to fix yourself.  When you do too much of this you can get confused.  My recovery has had to be done my way and it seems to be working.  I actually got in back to back runs this week and feel solid.

I had to quit reading so much and listening to others and do what works for me and my recovery.  The rest has done me well, and I will continue to ease into it.  I will be ready for Tybee next weekend.

I also had a chance to take an introspective look into others areas of my life recently and just remind myself of what I do well and make sure I am doing it my way.  I think it is easy sometimes to lose your way.  When you are always searching for the best way, there can come a time that you can get away from what you do best and your natural gifts.  It is always good to remind yourself that you need to weigh those ideas with the scale of your natural gifts.

I have heard it said, push yourself out of your comfort zone but not out of your gift zone. 

If I fail and fall on face and don’t do it my way, I will be full of regret.  However, if I fail doing it my way those are results I can live with.  Just a random thought from the sidelines the past week or so!  But I am running again! 

You gotta be you baby!

Enjoy below from Sammy and Happy Running….

I’ve gotta be me

Whether I’m right or whether I’m wrong
Whether I find a place in this world or never belong
I gotta be me, I’ve gotta be me
What else can I be but what I am

I want to live, not merely survive
And I won’t give up this dream
Of life that keeps me alive
I gotta be me, I gotta be me
The dream that I see makes me what I am

That far-away prize, a world of success
Is waiting for me if I heed the call
I won’t settle down, won’t settle for less
As long as there’s a chance that I can have it all

I’ll go it alone, that’s how it must be
I can’t be right for somebody else
If I’m not right for me
I gotta be free, I’ve gotta be free
Daring to try, to do it or die
I’ve gotta be me

I’ll go it alone, that’s how it must be
I can’t be right for somebody else
If I’m not right for me
I gotta be free, I just gotta be free
Daring to try, to do it or die
I gotta be me