Walk into almost any gym and you’ll probably see a small piece of equipment sitting quietly in the corner—a simple wheel with two handles. It doesn’t look like much. In fact, many people walk right past it without giving it a second thought. But that little wheel might be one of the most effective core-strengthening tools you can use. The ab wheel rollout is a deceptively simple exercise that builds serious core strength, improves stability, and strengthens muscles throughout your entire midsection. When done correctly, it trains the body in the way your core is actually designed to work—stabilizing your spine and resisting movement rather than simply bending forward like a crunch or sit-up. Let’s walk through why this exercise is so effective and how you can safely add it to your routine.
Creating Your Beautiful Life
True Freedom
Living within your Power
Creating Your Beautiful Life
True Freedom
Living within your Power
Good morning, and welcome to this edition of Creating Your Beautiful Life. Today, we're going to talk a little bit about Boundaries, True Freedom and Living within your Power. We're going to start with a quote from Meryl Streep. She says this, "True freedom is understanding that we have choice in who and what we allow to have power over us."
I'm starting with the first part of that quote, which is that we have choice. Some of us are quick to believe that we don't have choice, or that we don't have power. There's a thing called victim stance, and what that is, is we have given away our power. In our mind, what we see is that our circumstances are more powerful. A person is more powerful. Our past is more powerful. Our trauma is more powerful. People who are caught in victim stance usually use a word like, I can't because, I'm unable to because, because she said, or he said, or they said, or my past doesn't allow me to, or I'm not smart enough.
And so the first thing we have to realize is that victim stance is the enemy of us acknowledging our power. We are not a victim. We need to have a growth mindset, and that realize that everything, absolutely everything that we go through in life can be a learning opportunity to make us more resilient and better if dealt with in healthy and correct ways.
The second part of that quote says that we have to be careful about who and what we allow to have power over us. I would ask you, who is your bestie circle? Who are your cheerleaders? Who are the people that inform you? Where do you get your information about the what the possibilities of your life might be? Are these people speaking affirmation over you as to your gifts, your skills, your talents, your possibilities?
Do they reflect back in the beauty that that they see and the things that you might be able to accomplish? Do they push you a little bit and inspire you on to say, try it, give it a go. Maybe you can sing. Maybe you can paint. Maybe you can take that job. We all need to have advisors. We need to have mentors. We need to have good friends, and we need to have good information coming into our hearts and lives that reinforce this fact by the creator God. He says, "You are beautifully and wonderfully made."
There are capacities and talents within each one of us that are meant to come together to be a gift to bless the world. What are yours? Have you found them yet? The freedom is in knowing that you have the control to figure those out. Seek counsel, read, try new things, approach life positively. You have the freedom to be in control.
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