{"id":1692,"date":"2023-03-04T00:52:05","date_gmt":"2023-03-04T00:52:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tadthedietcoach.com\/blog\/?p=1692"},"modified":"2023-03-04T00:52:05","modified_gmt":"2023-03-04T00:52:05","slug":"character-over-everything","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tadthedietcoach.com\/blog\/?p=1692","title":{"rendered":"\u201cCharacter over everything\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There will come a day when I will draw my last breath. I think about this day. What will I want more of but more importantly what will I treasure the most about this life\u2019s experience?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I know I won\u2019t care how much of anything I have. I know I won\u2019t care if I am right or wrong about anything. I think I will care most about the kind of man I was in this life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will care about the kind of choices that I made silently and in the quiet places of my mind. The places only I know about. While I can\u2019t fully control the world, what happens to me, or what my outcomes in life are. I can control what I think about and what I do in this life. That is for sure.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I have many choices each day to make. Choices about compassion, generosity, and love. Yes choices about loving myself and others. So what kind of man will I be proud that I was?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I will be most proud of being a loving man. A man who didn\u2019t compromise when I felt I was making a good choice. That I was able to stand firm no matter what stood against me. To be steadfast in my faith in me and what I most believe in.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I won\u2019t always be right about everything I think. But I will always hold the intention to be loving and compassionate. I will always be authentic to myself and what that always means no matter the consequences. And that is the most loving thing I can think to do for myself. To be authentic in thought and action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am love. I am joy. I am always good.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pic: Competing at the master\u2019s Nationals several years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*If you are interested in my custom diets and exercise programs click on the link below or in my bio Evolve with Tad the Diet Coach and check out what I offer. There are also mindfulness meditation and mindset work that I include as well!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">If you wish to understand the full breadth of how I can help you, just click the link below or in my bio and set up a free discovery call with me and let\u2019s talk!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/linktr.ee\/tadthedietcoach\">https:\/\/linktr.ee\/tadthedietcoach<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/calendly.com\/tadthedietcoach\/45-minutes\">https:\/\/calendly.com\/tadthedietcoach\/45-minutes<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">*Join my mailing list! Just text: TAD to 42828<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cWhen my life has spent its last day, I know I will value my authenticity the most. 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