There is the old story about the one of the most infamous bandits in mexico changing his life around to become one of the most famous priests and negotiators in mexicos’s history and its lesson to us all.
To cut a long story short, this bandit became one of mexico’s most important men by acts of courage and his ability to communicate with the rivalling gangs and mafia’s, and somehow sorting out insurmountable problems out time after time.
This took massive personal change and it was very uncomfortable for others to accept this one time bandit as a good man of the cloth for many people.
The first time he was at a loss for words and not able to settle a difference between rival gangs was when he was negotiating and one of the leaders told him he would always remember him as “el bandito” and not a man of the cloth. Needless to say he was speechless and lost for words, and for a short period of time, lost all his powers of negotiation because he went back to his old ways when he was a bandit, losing his sense of fair play and trying to force through a solution.
This was pointed out to him the next day by an elder and was told to focus on the person he had become, rather than the person he was. He never looked back after that because the first time in his life, he felt officically “accepted”, the new version of himsel had finally arrived and was established.
This is is the same as many of you who have lost weight, got very fit and gained lots and lots of energy.
To get there, you told many of your friends that you were eating well and exercising regularly, and you wanted to change things in your life.
You have to accept though if you want to remain lean and fit, and still retain lots of energy, you have to live a healthy lifestyle.
The people who remember the old you have to accept the “new you” and all that it entails.
You still have the same personality, you are the same person inside, you probably just look heck of a lot better than before, and feel a hundred times better. People have to accept that if you want to live a life thats better for everybody.
Most of all, you have accept the new you YOURSELF, and look forward and not back. This is a key step in becoming successful for the rest of your life.
