Teach your pigs to fly. Isn’t that a cool thought? If you are left blinking confusedly at this idea, give it a few moments. I got this sentence from a person I was chatting and playing canasta with online (Hey, it has its merits; play is important!) I thought about it and totally fell in love with the possiblities.
Don’t we too often, too easily give up on what will really, really help us create a life we love? It feels too hard. It’ll take too long. It’s not the norm. It requires change. It requires growth. It forces us to take a big leap of faith. It’s risky. It’s scary.
Worst of all, others encourage your lack of faith. That can’t be done, they tell you. It’s impossible. Why would you want to do all that work? Why bother? That’ll only happen … when pigs fly.
What happens when you give up and stop trying, stop believing? You’ve just settled, and, whether you admit it at any point in your life or not, you’ll have regrets. And you’ll know it, deep down.
Let’s apply this to how well you feel: You don’t make the changes that will help you feel more well because it seems too difficult. It’ll require you to change too much. It’ll take work. You have no idea where to start or even if it’s worth it. (I can help you with that, and, yes, it’s completely worth it.) It’ll be harder to fit in with the usual crowd because they all (fill in the blank with some unwellness practice. And, anyway, on this one … that’s total b.s. Unless you make it true. There’s balance in wellness. You truly can have some of the junk practices if you balance those — and tip them more towards wellness.)
In other words, you don’t do what will bring you a beautiful, energized, peaceful feeling of good health because you believe that can only be accomplished when … pigs fly. (Wow, think I just saw one of mine zipping by. And, boy, did he have a grin on his little piggy face!)
Hell with all that doubt and hesitation. It isn’t worth it; it’s sucking your life away. If you can find a bit of faith, the changes you embrace — the pigs you’ll teach to fly — will zip around like it’s their birthright. It won’t be hard. It won’t suck. It’ll be your new normal life in time. Just be willing to embrace the possibility of feeling tons better. Just be a bit more open-minded. Just be willing to put one foot in front of the other, and keep going till you (and your pigs) lift off. Just … try.
C’mon; embrace the journey back to the kind of wellness you want. It is so tremendously worth it. The first steps often are belief and commitment. Along with those, make the decision that: Blast it, I don’t care what I have to do, I want my life and my health back. You will never regret it.
Hold on. What’s that I hear …. is that your pigs heading toward the runway?
