I'm facing negativity all of the sudden. It's about the weightlifting. I am floored. Two very nice ladies at work are suddenly "you are going to hurt your back", "you shouldn't be weightlifting". I was excited to share my adventure and can barely get a word in before they are shooting me down. I'm surprised because the daughter of one lady is a circus performer and very talented gymnast. She's training to do a hand balancing act and I've seen her do silk aerobatics. The ladies aren't telling her not to do something because there is a risk of injury. So it leads me to believe that they think I'm either too old or too unfit to do this. They don't even know that I have a coach, and I've been doing these lifts for 3 years already. I'm just improving them now. With coaching. They don't know because they don't want to hear.
On the other hand, a good friend asked me all sorts of questions and was super excited with me. She gave me the best compliment. "One thing is certain, Krista, you aren't afraid to try new things". That was awesome to hear. And I might write more about that later because, while flattering, it's far from accurate.
In any case, I guess I'll keep my training progress and competition to myself at work. Work isn't a happy place at the moment, so it's not a bad time to be silent and to take my lunches out of the office. I'm surrounding myself with positive people and good influences. I no longer have room for negativity in my life. I don't want the negative people to hold me back.
I'm still surprised but maybe I shouldn't be.
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