Faith And Poop

If you have ever potty trained a child you know the difficulty of the task at hand. It’s messy, It’s tiring, It tries our patience. But the end result is what we are after. 

We start with lots of accidents, lots of poop. 

Poop everywhere. 

While we are in the midst of it we question everything. 

Why are we doing this? 

Maybe he/she isn’t ready? 

But we hold onto a tiny spark of hope. That one day our child will be potty trained, that it will all be worth it. 

This crude example gives hope to many things in our life. We could even use the example of losing weight. 

When we are in the trenches of trying to lose weight and create a new exercise program, and eat according to our food plan and then fall off of it time and time again. Sometimes we start questioning ourselves. 

Why am I doing this?

I’ll never be able to lose the weight. 

If I keep binge eating at night I’ll never get to my goal weight. 

Kind of like scrubbing poop off the floor for the 300th time. 

Anytime we are trying something new and something difficult we have to believe in the process. Believe that the end results will outweigh the difficulties that we face to get there. 

When difficulties appear we just automatically begin to question our process and our abilities. 

What if someone guaranteed that after you clean up 32 pee accidents, throw out 23 pairs of PJ mask poop infested underwear, and take apart 3 car seats and wash the cushions you would have a FULLY potty trained child?

We wouldn’t be so frustrated.  

The guarantee would ease our mind. We would have more faith in the process. We would know that each accident was meant to happen to get us to the other side. We would eagerly welcome each accident knowing it is part of the plan.  

So the next time you start something new. Whether its losing weight, improving a relationship, stopping over drinking, potty training a child, or committed to a coaching program remind yourself of this…

”I believe in my ability to get this result no matter how long it takes, how many times I have to fail, Or what I need to learn.”

You got this!