As I alluded to before, fibromyalgia is a condition or disease that I deal with constantly. Just when I think that I have figured out a way to maintain this beast of a complex challenge, a new life event or transition comes up and makes me think that I’ve lost all progress. That all the work I’ve put in the past few months, is worthless. Is this true though? Did I just stumble back down to square one? I believe not. I have a therapist who told me that even though regression occurs at times. It doesn’t mean that you’re starting over. Regression in fact is part of the progress that is necessary for either making course corrections or for reevaluating to make sure this is the path you want to pursue.
When climbing any mountain often times more than not, you’re going to come across what mountaineers call a “false summit”. It’s the top of a hill or peak, but it’s not the destination that you are reaching for. Often times, when I come to such a summit, I experience disappointment because there’s still more work to be done. I haven’t reached my objective or journey’s end. These points in the journey can lead me to think, is it worth it? I’ve already put in so much effort, time, and energy. Do I really want to reach the real summit?
Many of you have probably had similar thoughts with goals in your life. With any concrete goal that we are pursuing the likelihood is, we’re going to come across these times of elation, thinking that we’ve made it; only to realize there is still more work to be done. What is to be done then? Do we settle for what we have achieved, or do we just keep pressing on to the ultimate goal? Personally, I want to persevere through my goals and challenges to be in control of my life and be satisfied with reaching my real summit.
