Decide, Commit, Succeed

Today when I was getting ready to select which workout I would do I noticed that just before the workout menu comes up on the TV there is a Brand for Beach Body and under it it says, "Decide, Commit, Succeed" I have decided that that will be my new motto. I feel like I have honestly decided to take this journey for real. I have shown that I can stay committed to it, and I know that I will succeed. I may not be succeeding to what other's standards are for me, but who really cares about that. I like what my brother Jeff said in his blog about not allowing other people to tell you if you are successful or not. Only we can measure our successes and failures. It reminds me of an old story Dad used to tell about the three kids who are on the swing set. There is one who is just kinda going slow and the others are going faster and higher. The one turns to the others and says look at me, I'm keeping up with Tommy. Then Tommy says look at me, I'm keeping up with Suzie. Then there is the little one going her own pace and she says look at me, I'm keeping up with myself. It may have been a little different than that, but that is basically how it goes. I like to remember that right now, because the other people who are in this competition with me may be losing more weight and inches, but I am not really in it to compare myself to them, I am in this to keep up with myself, and I need to be reminded of that sometimes.