Heidi Rae Coaching - Climb and Maintain

Babes!!!

Hello! I wanted to share with you something that I heard this morning whilst getting ready for the day. I think it is spot on and so valuable! Whether you are a process addict, or just a human being, we all have turbulence. When we have turbulence (serious trials), we tend to make ourselves smaller. Think about it - we want to crawl in bed, cover our heads up, and stay there for forever.

NOTE: taking a break, resting our hearts and our minds is FINE. Doing it endlessly is not.

Anywho... I am a terrified, anxiety-ridden flier. I know that is shocking to all of you. When there is turbulence, I immediately want them to land the plane. I don't care where they land it, just get me on solid ground and do it NOW. I usually voice that opinion out loud, too, if you were wondering.

However, that is not what air traffic control tells the pilot to do. They normally tell the pilot to climb and maintain. CLIMB AND MAINTAIN. Think about that. The people who know what they are doing, don't tell the pilot to hurry and panic or to immediately go down and run from the turbulence. They tell the pilot to CLIMB AND MAINTAIN.

Let's put that into perspective with life. When we are going through turbulence (and I know that we can all relate to the picture of actual airplane turbulence, but in our own lives), we can choose to climb and maintain. How do we do that?

Check our vitals

Continue to look UP

Remember that you are HIS and He doesn't make mistakes

Climb above the turbulence

Maintain your vitals

Example:

Yes, this is a sports example.

R was at practice a couple of weeks ago. Rep after rep after rep he was up against one of the strongest boys on his team. Rep after rep after rep, this boy was pancaking R. R started to cry. He was mad. He was probably embarrassed. He could not figure out in that moment how to avoid this. Two hours of just being ripped apart by his teammate. After every play, his teammate would try to help R up. R would deny the help and go back to the huddle, crying. I mean, CRYING. R was deflated.

At the end of that practice, Burke told him to go thank his teammate. I knew what Burke was trying to teach R, but R was not at all happy with being told to do that. Afterall, the boy had just kicked his booty for two hours straight. He did it anyways. His teammate said, "Good practice, R." Then R wanted to know why he had to thank him. Burke explained that because of the way his teammate practiced, R had the ability to get better. To get stronger. To get quicker. To get more aggressive. If R always practiced against kids that were just okay, he'd never improve. There would be no reason to. But because he was up against someone better than him, he had a choice to make. Crumble and cry and feel sorry for himself. OR get better. CLIMB and maintain.

One more example that you have all heard before:

Post-stroke. Laying on the dang table thing being taught how to roll over for the first time. I laid on that dang pad for an hour and a half crying. Literally. I couldn't figure out how to do it, so I laid there and cried. I felt so sorry for myself. No one said, "Okay, it's okay sweet Heidi girl, let's just go back to your room and you can just forget about it and it will all be okay." NOPE. They said, "Crying is taking a whole lot of energy you could be putting into rolling over. So whenever you decide to stop feeling sorry for yourself, let's get going here." Oh. So with my right hand, I wiped my tears and I listened. I used my abs. It took a lot more tries and so much more energy, but I rolled over to my right side. Then I rolled back. I CLIMBED and I maintained. I went above the trial and the frustration.

You can too. Consider climbing PRAYING and maintaining holding to your vitals. Whatever those are.

CLIMB AND MAINTAIN.

XOXOXOXO