WILL YOU TAKE THE OATH
by LESLEY TIMBOL
An oath is a solemn promise about your behavior . This is not your typical oath . It ’ s not for other people .
It ’ s FOR you . TO yourself . In sound body and mind , you make a promise to yourself . It could go something like this .
I am not perfect . Life will throw me curve-balls . I will fall but I will stand up again . I promise to outwork any and all other competitors that come before me . With all due respect to the competitors that have come before me and who will be competing against me , they have never gone to the level I ’ m prepared to go . They don ’ t have my heart . They don ’ t have my drive . They don ’ t have my indomitable spirit , much like those of kings and champions whose spirit emanates through my being .
I am committed . I am relentless . I don ’ t question the plan . I follow it .
I promise to be strong in the hard times . Others will give up . I will persist . I will not settle . I will not stop . I will remain humble but never satisfied . I will continue to push myself to new limits and grow .
When things appear to be impossible , I pledge to remind myself that anything is possible since the first step to achieving is believing .
When progress plateaus , I commit to call upon my courage . Courage that will help me push the limits . To pursue alternative action plans . I pledge to willingly make the needed sacrifices .
I won ’ t experience regret again . To regret is to not give it my all . That will NOT happen . I won ’ t leave any stone unturned . I swear to give it my all . Not 99 % but 100 %.
I pledge to find that other level . The level many don ’ t even know about it . The level few attempt . That level to which I won ’ t stop until I conquer it .
Some will believe me , others will not . It does not matter . I believe in me . I am responsible for my choices , my actions . I own it all . My attempts . My failures . My lessons . My victories . Nobody can take that away from me .
I swear my belief will remain strong at all times . Straying from my goals is not an option . There is no plan B . I only have 1 plan and I ’ m following it .
I pledge to follow the plan . To never give up . To be relentless . I see and believe this with all of my heart and soul . This is my oath .
If you need suggestions on how to create and consistently implement your oath , please contact me at ( 416 ) 805-6155 or email me at
lesley @ timbol . ca so I can help you be relentless in attaining your goals .
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