Now you got me going!

I read this great article out of the south Idaho press about a year ago. So this whole thing is a write up by Michael Hayne. NOT MY WORDS.
"You get out of life what you deserve. This is one of those statements that can be as innocuous or as potent as you want to make it. The hurried and disinterested reader will smile and think to himself, 'yeah, I guess that's true' and then move on to the next byte of information that crosses his mental screen. However, the more insightful individual will understand the potentially life-changing truth it contains. Each one of one of us sets the high water make of success for our own life. However, the level we achieve directly correlates with how much we feel we deserve. Let's be clear, there is a difference between what we say we deserve and what we truly believe we deserve. The true indicator is the choices an individual makes. It really is true that actions speak louder than words. Steve, a past client of mine, whose overall health was marginal , made a convincing argument that becoming fit was his primary goal. He kept repeating that if he didn't have his health, nothing else matter. In fact, he said that "a truly successful and happy life had physical health at its core." I was convinced that not only health was a high value to him, but that he would do anything to achieve and maintain it. Yet, I did have one reservation, why would womeone who professed such a passion for fitness, practyice habits that were contyrary to it? Keeping in mind that the greatest limitations anyone will ever face are the ones found in between their ears, and that our actions will consistently reflect how we think and feel about ourselves. I decided to ask him some tough questions. They focused on his beliefs about becoming healthy. I also explored whether he felt being fit was in the cards for him. He said that in his heart of hearts he didn't feel he would ever achieve the fitness he desired. He shared past diet and exercise failures as evidence for his current feelings. In essence, my cllent had set his limitations and created a lifestyle that enforce them. Once Steve realized that his own thoughts and feelings were sabotaging his efforts, we began a process of instilling beliefs and habits that propelled him to the quality of life he had always wanted. Thougths lead to feelings, which lead to correlating actions and choices. James Allen in his book As a Man thinketh, put it this way, 'If you would perfect your body, guard your mind, If you would renew your body, beautify your mind" To way anything else would only detract.
bev