Trying as opposed to doing

Today at church the pastor talked about words that come from hell and words that come from Heaven. He discussed knowing the difference between the two. I have been reading a book by Bobby McGee called "Magical Running". It is a book on running, but it is also a book on life. The chapter I started yesterday definitely fit in with the message today and with life itself. The passage is on trying versus doing:

""Trying" is often a way of not being responsible. Society rewards "trying your best". But notice how you avoid the lessons failure can teach when you dismiss an outcome simply by saying: "I tried." ... It is far better to go for success and fully accept failure as one more step in the journey to success. In other words, reward your own success and failure equally, as functions of attempting with purpose to succeed, not to appease your own ego or satisfy a societal demand to have tried your best."

"You can therefore either choose TO DO (proactive) or have DONE (reactive) to you."

We should take the trying out of our vocabulary. Too often failure is looked at as a sin. Failure should be looked at for the lessons learned on the way to success whether it be in running or in life.

This week the challenge to me is to go out there and "do" instead of "try".

Cool Video

Had a terrible run today. Dana-Sue shared the following clip with me however, and it changed my whole attitude.



I hope you enjoy the video. The movie is "Facing The Giants". I will be watching it again tonight.

Thanks Dana-Sue for the inspiration to keep going.