Happy In My Insides!

Successfully cycling

I was reminded of a valuable personal development lesson from my five year old niece recently which made me think about what it takes

to achieve success. It confirmed to me that we all have to overcome obstacles at times to reach our desired goals, but that they are worth pursuing for the end result.

Some people are interrupted with a call they just have to take from a board room or business meeting, mine came from the local park! A very excited niece just had to call her Auntie to tell her she had learnt to ride her bike. After loads of trips to the park and umpteen attempts she pedalled off without her stabilisers or any help.

I asked her how she felt and after a pause to consider this she said, ‘I feel happy in my insides!’ This was followed by a hasty goodbye, she had to go – there was fun to be had elsewhere!

Her younger brother then came on the phone and simply said, ‘She’s done it Auntie Stephy’!

This highlighted to me that if you want to ‘feel happy in your insides’ you firstly have to have a go, and secondly be prepared to fall off a few times. By achieving your outcome you can inspire others and make them proud. What’s more, once you’ve done it more opportunities to do more things and have more fun follow.

That ‘happy in your insides’ feeling is open to us all if we are prepared to keep trying.