Do Work!

 

There is a fine young gentleman that comes into the gym daily.  Let's call him, Larry.  I love his optimistic attitude and energy.  It is quite contagious.  Larry always has a smile on his face.  Another thing that stands out is that he comes in with worn and tattered leather "work" gloves.  What a beautiful thing to step in a gym wearing somehing that reminds yourself, "I am here to DO WORK".  I love it.

We are in the season where 90% of people that join a gym will drop off within 90 days.  Embrace the idea that you are there to do the work for YOU.  You are building a house that is YOURS.  Its not the time to cut corners or not show when its time to frame, put up drywall, or nail down the roof.  You want to walk through that front door with a finished house you can be proud of.  Time to put on the leathers, and through blood, sweat, and tears, build YOUR house.  No contractor is going to do it for you.

Happy building friends... Can't wait to see your house this time next year.

What Now?

 

It doesn't take a "New Year".  It takes a single NEW DAY.  We all have that opportunity regardless of a circumstance, situation, injury, depression,or any other life reality.  Its just life.  We may have made a few mistakes last year or yesterday.  But, today is a new day.  We are not a result of our past we are we we choose to be TODAY by looking for and making opportunities to strive for all to be better than yesterday.  If nothing changes, nothing changes.  New thoughts, attitudes, actions, friends, and goals.

What Now?  What will you do today to make it better than yesterday?  Be honest with yourself, do not accept excuses, and DO.  Time to rip the rear view off and shut down the negative voices in your head.  We all have power in us we never new was there.  Time to dig deep and let the warrior arise.

Have a better than good day and year my friends.

 Many things, people, and experiences can absolutely burn us below the surface of the ground.  In the Bible, there is always the word...."BUT. " Out of the ashes, new growth, new perspective, and new hope.  Sometimes, you have to not fight the flames and let God take care of all the dead debris around you.

Let go and let God takes ona whole new meaning when you absolutely surrender to the scalding hurt of the flame, and you rest in the faith that God is purging all around you, for not only your good, but his.  Your ashes will be an instrument for things beyond your control knowing all good will come to those seeking and called to his purpose.  Let go.  Stop trying to fight the flames and look forward to the beauty that is to come.  A little pain for a fruitful next chapter.  Never give up my friends.  Do not crumble within the suffocating and blinding smoke or your feeling your skin is melting away.  There is a new flesh.  A new breath and is around the corner.  HOLD ON!  

Eventually,  you will BE a flame burning debris around YOU, sparking new growth...... Game on!

Inner voice

 There is a scene in the movie: Dead Poet's Society about finding your inner "YAWP".  It is deep within you and time to let YOUR voice ROAR.  There is another scene when Robin Williams has the students march in a circle.  It is not long before they are marching in unison with conformity.  Be YOU.  You have your own voice and your own march.

Its time to whip out the pen, write your own life, and march to the beat of your own drummer.  You are amazing just the way that you are.  Own it.

You

 

Now that I am back in my old stomping grounds, I pass by all of the memories of me in my own world.  On my way to work this morning, I literally drove the many miles I used to bike and run.  On my route from Due West to Greenwwood, I have run or biked every mile.  Once, I biked to Due West from here, ran 7 miles after arriving in Due West, and then biked home.  Ive hammered it on the bike to Anderson, Saluda, Belton....... You name it.  Once, I even ran to my parents house in Saluda from downtown Greenwood.  All of these things were ridiculous, but I NEEDED to do them.  The only person on the journey was ME, and ME alone.  My therapy.  My time.  My growth.  My time with God.

Get scared.  Take it on, and know that it is YOUR growth.  These are the times you truly find yourself and build confidence in knowing that if the world falls apart, you can find rest in your own world.  What are you going to do in the New Year that stretches you beyond your preconceived limits?  Time to prove to yourself that you were made for more.  You can DO and BE more.  Today is the day.  If you're not growing, you're dying.  GROW.  One shot at this life.  We don't get a single second back.

Beautiful

 Be true to YOU.  What gives you life?  What inspires?  What are the things that keep you "feeling" young?

Age is a number.  One of my favorite quotes.........  "Muscles are mere rubber, what I am, I am because of my mind".  I had a few beautiful sessions this morning with two clients that reminded me that movement is life.  I pushed them.  They pushed themselves.  They inspired me as much as I inspired them.  TOGETHER.  Life is about that....  Let us continue to inspire each other, be true to ourselves, and break the stigma of age.  Sometimes it begins with a single thought/vision.  It is never too late to be all that you might have been.  Forward we go, my friends.

Thirsty

 

Whether you can "feel" it or not, trust the process.  There are two options.  Regret that you quit OR know how good it will feel that you endured the race while crossing the line without having left an ounce of energy ungiven on the course.

          There is a thirst within you that will never be quencehd until you haven given it all that you have.                Earn that Gatorade.