windwalker
I need an Adventure
- Joined
- Dec 28, 2006
There is so much weight hanging on us right now, prices of everything get higher and higher every day. Our big SUVs that were once a sign of how hard we worked and how we rewarded ourselves are now a liability, worth very little at trade time. There is so much danger out there right now. Are we going to lose our house, will we be homeless. There just doesn't seem to be any way out.
Do you ever feel like this. Like you are falling down a hole and everything is out of control?
Or you try and try to get into shape and nothing seems to be working. You try to eat better and you do some times, you really do. You want to exercise and you plan every day to start back training, but something always comes up.
Sound like someone you know?
Well everyone is in the same hole, so you have plenty of company right? So why not just do like most people do, complain and get more and more depressed. Works for others right?
This is a hard time to stay motivated since it's a long time before the races and it does seem like the news every day is worse and worse. When it's closer to the races it's easier to keep your self on track, but when it's this far out it's hard isn't it?
But have you ever noticed that some people who have less than you do don't seem to let things bother them. They always have a smile and some thing positive to say.
Maybe they have learned not to loose any sleep worrying about things they can't change and channel their energy into what they do have control over.
You can't control the price of gasoline or milk or anything else. But you have absolute control of everything you do and say from the moment you get up in the morning till the moment you fall asleep at night.
Since you don't control any thing but your self, isn't it time to take back control of you? Deside you are going to be that guy/gal that always has something positive to say.
Be that person that can resist the soda machine and keep filling their water bottle from the tap. (Since it's been proven that most bottled water is from the tap anyway).
Be that person that can order or make your food without the sauces and the high fat dressings. Be the person that can have a coffee for desert instead of a slice of cake or dish of icecream.
Be that person that can find a way to get your steps in every day. Even if it's a short walk during your breaks and lunch.
Be that person that is going to be a positive example for others even if they don't act like they care. The respect you will earn will be even better.
Most of all be the person who is living life not watching it go by. Anyone can stand there and complain about how bad life is and be miserable. But come Marathon weekend when you are in that corral waiting for the half or full to start, and you earned the right to be there, the feelings are priceless and no one can ever take that memory from you.
Be strong brothers and sisters, let the journey begin and let nothing stand in the way of your happiness and your destiny.
"YARC" Panda
Do you ever feel like this. Like you are falling down a hole and everything is out of control?
Or you try and try to get into shape and nothing seems to be working. You try to eat better and you do some times, you really do. You want to exercise and you plan every day to start back training, but something always comes up.
Sound like someone you know?
Well everyone is in the same hole, so you have plenty of company right? So why not just do like most people do, complain and get more and more depressed. Works for others right?
This is a hard time to stay motivated since it's a long time before the races and it does seem like the news every day is worse and worse. When it's closer to the races it's easier to keep your self on track, but when it's this far out it's hard isn't it?
But have you ever noticed that some people who have less than you do don't seem to let things bother them. They always have a smile and some thing positive to say.
Maybe they have learned not to loose any sleep worrying about things they can't change and channel their energy into what they do have control over.
You can't control the price of gasoline or milk or anything else. But you have absolute control of everything you do and say from the moment you get up in the morning till the moment you fall asleep at night.
Since you don't control any thing but your self, isn't it time to take back control of you? Deside you are going to be that guy/gal that always has something positive to say.
Be that person that can resist the soda machine and keep filling their water bottle from the tap. (Since it's been proven that most bottled water is from the tap anyway).
Be that person that can order or make your food without the sauces and the high fat dressings. Be the person that can have a coffee for desert instead of a slice of cake or dish of icecream.
Be that person that can find a way to get your steps in every day. Even if it's a short walk during your breaks and lunch.
Be that person that is going to be a positive example for others even if they don't act like they care. The respect you will earn will be even better.
Most of all be the person who is living life not watching it go by. Anyone can stand there and complain about how bad life is and be miserable. But come Marathon weekend when you are in that corral waiting for the half or full to start, and you earned the right to be there, the feelings are priceless and no one can ever take that memory from you.
Be strong brothers and sisters, let the journey begin and let nothing stand in the way of your happiness and your destiny.
"YARC" Panda
It was just what I needed to hear today. 
