keep climbing
Does it ever feel like you’ve been climbing forever and you still aren’t at the place you are trying to get to?
Sometimes, well, a lot of times I feel like that. It’s like I keep climbing and climbing and as soon as I feel like I’m getting there...it keeps going.
It’s hard to climb out of the darkness. Sometimes it feels like you’re climbing a mountain to even get out of bed or go to work. I know what it feels like and that feeling isn’t gone, it comes and goes. But what I do know is that all I can do is keep climbing and never give up!
But do you have to climb alone? No, never! I was a diver at Auburn University (the best in the NCAA duh) and we were always known for not only our championships but our work ethic and training. Can you imagine running up and down stairs of a whole entire football stadium and not stopping until you have reached the goal time that your strength coach set? Yeah, well I can’t forget that feeling. We would run stadiums over and over and over. I was a weak link but you know what turned me into a strong link that was part of the whole…my teammates. My teammates would be so far ahead they would come back and push me up the stairs to help me make it to where we wanted to be. We wanted to win, doesn’t everyone? Not to mention the weather in the south, the beaming sun, and the early mornings. Our strength coach tried to break us. He would try to make it impossible to complete his workouts. I would have broken off that chain if it hadn’t been for the other links that held us together.
I suggest finding something that you can relate to, maybe something you have experienced and overcame with the help of others and the help of persistence. Not one person is the same so find out what works for you. You might be so deep in that hole or stuck somewhere on the mountain with no desire and no idea how to even move. What is easier…give up and stay where you are or try to move? Of course for most people it is way easier to stay put where you are at. You start to become “okay” with that place you are at. You start to become comfortable and safe in that place. You don’t want to ask for someone to help push you up. I get all of it and I have been there. The deeper you fall the harder it is to move and ask for help.
I am here to show you that you CAN and you WILL move again. Asking for help is a good thing and you should not be afraid. There are so many resources out there to help you and let you feel safe while doing it. I am here to be your resource. I am here to help you find your way. I am here to connect you with resources that are best for you. It doesn’t matter where you live. If you think you can’t afford help and that is keeping you in the same place, there are plenty of places that will help you. There are more people than you think out there that understand, are trying to learn and understand, and are willing to help. My email is on my “contact” page. Please feel free to email me or direct message me on Instagram or Facebook.
Lastly, I will get where I want to be. It’s going to take time, perseverance, commitment, strength and the belief that I will make it there one day. Watch me...I’m climbing and not giving up!
Remember, you are never alone in this fight! XO, Whit Web 💖