Challenge Yourself

Go beyond what you know you can do.
And just like that,
You'll know you can do more.

Go beyond again, and again.
Grow past the limitations you've
Imagined, a little bit at a time.

Challenge yourself, and then do what
it takes to meet theChallenge.
As you feel your strength increasing,
resolve to Add to it through your own efforts.

The way to have real confidence is to build it.
Every day is Your opportunity to make yourself
more confident, competent And effective.

The skills and abilities that seem out of reach
are reallyJust a number of steps away.
Challenge yourself toward them,
And with each effort you move closer.

Push yourself beyond the familiar, beyond the
comfortable, And into a higher level of ability.
Feel the unique joy ofBreaking through your
limitations again and again.

~Ralph Marston~

This is a really good article it puts into words what I have been trying to say to the people around me for years.

The last bit also made me laugh,
“The challenge I want to set myself is, within 12 months, to be able to kite surf on the sea in wave conditions. I’ve never done this before and only watched in awe. We’ll see”

I did the kiting thing for a couple of years and got quite good, also just before that I did a city and guilds in photography just for the hell of it, and passed with distinctions. Then last December I started archery as another challenge and am working my way up the classifications, doing competitions and setting myself harder and harder goals.

Anything that is new to you that you have to learn and put effort into is a challenge and if you get reasonably good at it then it makes all the effort worthwhile and best of all it makes you feel good about yourself.

And when they say, “I don’t know where you find all the time”
I reply “its easy I don’t spend five hours a day sat on my arse watching telly or reading “bad news only” papers.

Good article Amina, love it indeed .. So is bukdub's
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