Overcoming Fear – Part 7 “Sticking to the Diet Plan”

Sticking to the diet plan

It is easy to start a diet plan, and is easy to get off one too. How many times have we set a goal or said that we will do something, and we begin with zeal, determination, we are focused and consistent, and a few weeks or months down the line we slowly become distracted or just simply  loose interest, not motivated  and we find ourselves not completing what we initial started.

I knew  that in order to get the  desired result, had to simply stick to the plan so I did. I took my 1st practical driving test and I failed. I was discouraged, and fear started to rear its ugly head. So, I counteracted that fear immediately by doing the exact opposite. I did not allow any time for self-pity.  I made a decision  to retake my test and immediately booked my 2^nd driving test.

On the day for my 2^nd driving test, everything was going well until I made one major mistake and I knew that it was over,I had failed that test and fear immediately took me back to the day I had the near collision. So I started crying, and  I asked the examiner to take me back to the test  test centre, as I knew I had failed  with “flying colours  “and if not, God had definitely  granted me favour… after a quick talk with the examiner, I proceeded with my test.

At the end of the test, I did not come as a complete shock that I had   failed test 2.  Mixed emotions welled up in me, it was more like how can this be, I did worse in the 2^nd attempt, for a moment I thought  I am done with this, that was it for me. My instructor was doing his part trying to encourage me with stories of people passing on their 5^th and 10^th attempt and I was like no,that’s not going to be my story.  I needed to pass like yesterday, but I just listened.  It had been a long journey to get to where I was, and I hadn’t endured all this while with the investments involved to give up now.  I had to persevere, and I had to re-focus and look at the desired goal and not let these little stumbles obscure my vision. So later that day, I re-booked my 3^rd driving test. Read More  The Road To Freedom

I was determined,that failure was not going to stop me from achieving my goal I knew what I wanted. I encourage you be focused and stick with the plan.

Proverbs 4:25 “Let your eyes look straight ahead, And your eyelids look right before you”