I’m not a Scaredy Cat anymore!

I was up a little earlier than usual this morning, I had gotten up early on purpose because I wanted to get the lawn mowed before the garbage truck came and I had early appointments so I had to have it done before 8am.

I have two cats that live in my back yard. I feed them so they will stay around and eat all the critters. Before I had them I had a serious problem with Gofers and Voles.

I started my mowing in the back yard. The cats hate it when I mow and usually disappear for a while.

This morning I was mowing along the edge of my garden spot when the black cat jumped out of her hiding place, jumped the chain link fence, sprinted across the building lot that is next to my yard, across the street to the west and then again to the south and then bolted under my neighbors shed. She was running so fast and with such a long stride, it was beautiful to watch. She wasn’t truly in danger but she thought she was and her speed in escaping was impressive.

You know? I thought to myself, I’ve lived a lot of my life like a scaredy cat. I have perceived danger where their really wasn’t any…. making someone mad, doing something wrong, looking stupid, saying the wrong thing, I perceived these things as dangerous when their truly wasn’t any danger.

Hiding for me looks like not really showing up for myself. I would rather make sure everyone around me is taken care of even if that means sacrificing something that I really want. It also means not engaging on social media for fear someone might think something bad about me.

Well, when I found coaching and learned that our thoughts create feelings, our feeling are why we take action and that the actions we take create the results in our lives it was a game changer for me.

I had heard before that we become what we think about but this was a whole new level for me. If what I think creates the results in my life because of the emotions and actions it drives me to do then it was time for me to start looking at what I was thinking.

What do you want to create in your life? What kind of person do you want to be? What kind of impact do you want to have in this world?

I decided I want to come out from under the shed. I decided to believe that my best days are still ahead, I decided that Earl wouldn’t think that I was betraying him but he would be proud because he always wants good things for me and he loves me. I decided I want to help others to find joy in their lives, I decided God doesn’t want me to live my life small and neither do I. I decided to start setting and reaching big goals. I decided their is a lot more to life than I’ve been living.

Thanks to my coach, The Life Coach School and Jody Moore coaching……..

I USED TO BE A SCAREDY CAT………BUT NOT ANYMORE!