When You Think You Can

I believe in the power of positive thinking. When someone is truly motivated to reach their goal there is no stopping them. "Few things in this world are more powerful than a positive push… A word of optimism and hope. A 'you can do it' when things are tough" -Richard M. DeVos. I love that quote. It's so true. My friends and I decided to make a goal this weekend and help each other keep it. We chose to hike to the summit of Saddle Mountain. 

It wasn't easy. In fact it was really, really hard. A few times we each thought to ourselves, why? But quickly, that why turned to why not. With each step in front of the other we pushed one another to finish. Someone had some positive word of encouragement that just kept us going.

Every switch back made us think, are we there yet? But then we'd reach little points like the one above and realize we were close. Close enough to keep going.

We all have goals in our life. Go further in our career, make new friends, exercise more, be more thankful. Every chance we had to take a break, re-assess our goal, and just be still in the beauty that surrounded us, we took. And I think it helped. I think that's how it is with life. We set goals, go so far sometimes, and need little breaks, pauses to remind us why we set those goals and what we need to do to keep moving toward them.

When we reached the top, we were proud.

And the views were really worth it.

There is something strong in thinking you can. Taking periods of rest to remember why you chose to make this goal in the first place. And the sweet feeling of knowing you have made it is all worth it.

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Here's a little throwback for you. Cory and I did this hike just a few months after meeting each other with a church group. We had just started dating. Cory's infamous eyes closed pose.

3 yrs ago

Now

We have to go back this summer. The views in winter are breathtaking, but summer…WOW. All the green just adds to it.


To reaching your goals // leah


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