“Any transition serious enough to alter your definition of self will require not just small adjustments in your way of living and thinking but a full-on metamorphosis.”  – Martha Beck

Sometimes the things that are hard to do are often the ones that I most need to do.  This Martha Beck OYou Boot Camp Challenge week has been no walk in the park.  It’s been more like a hard run uphill with a lot of stops to catch my breath…not sure where I’m going or not always confident that I will get there.

With the week already mid-way through, I picked up the largest stack of Oprah O Magazines that I could find last night as I walked into bed.  Here are just a few things that stood out to me…

• Some people are emotional muggers…or as I call them “emotional vampires”…who take all of your good energy.  Avoid them, run from them, turn away from them…but don’t stay and be part of their drama. If you do, you risk becoming one of them.
• Only you know your OWN vision and only you are standing in your OWN way.  Free your mind…and the rest will follow. 
• Your Life needs a Lesson Plan…that could be part of the Vision Board process.  But remember…a lesson plan helps you define the steps of not what you want but HOW you will get there…sometimes in baby steps…sometimes jumping in to an OYou Boot Camp Challenge. 

So far this week, there has been a sense of peace that was absent last week.  Even with last weeks emotional drama, I was able to see the movement through the Bob Greene challenge.  This week, with music playing and me singing through part of the day…I’m not seeing it.  Perhaps this peace is part of the change…perhaps this is just the beginning of the full-on metamorphosis that Martha talks about.  I hope so…because I’m continuing to walk…eyes wide open…looking for my way…looking for my OWN North Star.