Wednesday, May 18, 2011

"I Struggle With............."


 Fill in the blank. Mine is “discipline” as I have consistently, throughout my life, yo-yoed with weight, finances and my writing habit. I know each of the aforementioned need daily attention yet, I’d rather watch Sportscenter six times in a row, cruise Facebook and glance at interesting articles in the NY Times.

The “I struggle with” mantra comes from the P90X disks that my wife bought me for Christmas. The same P90X disks that I swore I would listen and adhere to that have not been touched in weeks. Yeh, I did the ab ripper and plyometrics and even the chest and back workouts. But that yoga one killed me, couldn’t finish it and have not even dared to try to kenpo x. 

So, now you know about me.  What do YOU struggle with?  I am sure we have more in common than we think.  Health, wealth and God’s calling are things that most of us run from.  We think that we have longer on this Earth than we really do.  We tend to think that tomorrow will be the day that we can switch into super-people and do all that we are supposed to do. Wrong. I know that discipline is daily.  I know that I have to change in order to excel.  I know that if I continue to struggle with all of the above that I will die unfilled and have too many regrets. Unfair to me, my family and my God. I hope I change. Today. I hope you will look at yourself in the mirror, openly address what you struggle with and change today too.

1 comments:

Dr. LiL said...

I like being active. I only put on bout 10 pounds in 5 years of college, compared to most i think that's a hell of an accomplishment. My goal once I got home was to eventually join some gym and stay at it...this of course hasn't gone down yet since I want to find a spot not too far. In the meantime I've been the proverbial fat ass enjoying Kennedy Fried Chicken, Mcdonalds, and whatever else i could get my hands on lol. Now I know I can;t get away with this for long so if I struggle with anything it's discipline as well. I just blew the dust off my workout rope so I'm crawling before I walk.