Kill the 'If'

There are a million great reasons to workout or eat right.  But sometimes the persuasive power of a the million great reasons is not enough motivation to overcome one tiny little rationalization: if.

"If I didn't get shin splints when I ran..."
"If I knew how to cook..."
"If I had more time..."
"If it wasn't so hot outside..."

Kill the if.

The if is convenient.  Short and sweet, if lets everyone know that you could be tough and disciplined, if being tough and disciplined weren't so difficult.

The if relieves you of real accountability.  Relying on if shifts the burden of responsibility for your performance to the ether.  No if places your failure (and success!) squarely at your feet.

The if delays pain/challenge/discomfort, thereby delaying triumph/victory/improvement.  The if is insecurity and weakness hoping for legitimacy. 

The if is a boundary, a limit, that you cannot cross.  Do you like living with shackles of constraint?  Neither do I.

The if is a euphemism for resigned.  Resigned is a euphemism for quit.

Kill the if and destroy its lifeforce of cop outs.

Without if, anything is possible: no conditions, no stipulations, no negotiations.  Without if there is only action.  Kill your if and be the action.     

We tell our children that they can do anything and be anything they want.  Or parents told us they same thing.  When did we stop believing that?