Tonight I was watching today's episode of Oprah on my DVR, enjoying all of the Inaugural festivities when I had an Ah-Ha moment. Usher was describing his involvment in a charity event. He said the following quote:

"We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act, but a habit." - Aristotle

That quote stabbed me right in the center of my heart and spirit. So, I took some time to reflect on things I do repeatedly and then asked myself, "Who Am I?".



I am a liar.

I am a quitter.

I am a failure.

I am a coward.

I am lazy.

I am selfish.

I am an over-eater.

I am a gossip.

I am unreliable.

I am a woman who lacks integrity.

I am sleep walking through my life.

I am an enabler.

All of these realizations caused me to cry. That quote broke me wide open. In the spirit of the changes I'm trying to make in my life, I then took a moment to forgive myself and to ask, "Who do I want to be?"

I want to be honest, even when it's hard or inconvienant.

I want to start something and finish it.

I want to SUCCEED in all aspects of my life.

I want to live with the mentality that God has not given me a spirit of fear but of PEACE and a sound mind.

I want to become active.

I want to GIVE for the pleasure and love of giving, not to receive something in return. I want to be an UNCONDITIONAL GIVER.

I want to deal with my problems, fears, & issues instead of numbing them with food.

I want to speak words of LIFE and not death.

I want my friends and family to be able to depend on me ALWAYS, even when I don't feel good.

I want to be a woman of INTEGRITY.

I want to be AWAKE and CONSCIOUSLY living my BEST LIFE EVERY DAY.

I want to allow the people I love to make their own mistakes and I want to be able to put myself ahead of my need to fix others.

Thank You, Holy Spirit, for the revelation you blessed me with tonight. I WILL focus on who I want to be and not who I WAS from this moment forward. I can do ALL things through Christ who gives me strength.