Wishing you were here
I realized last night that I may have lost a few dear friends in the past year. To be honest, I can't blame them for their sudden absence from my life. My entire focus these days has been health and fitness. It seems I have been jamming it down everyone's throats...filling them with information that some may find overwhelming. I guess, in a way, I feel like preacher passing down a sermon that no one wants to hear. I mean, there is really nothing good about being made aware that being overweight and/or out of shape is bad for you. And most people take that very personally. However, it really isn't personal at all. It affects a lot more people than you realize.
Think for a moment about people in your life who you love, or those who are the most important to you. Think about something they did or still do that you wish you and your friends or family could change. Maybe they continued to smoke despite suffering a heart attack. Perhaps they still break the law despite already having already been arrested. Maybe they continue to ask for favors even though they already owe you a boatload. Perhaps they continue to wallow in despair despite all of your attempts to snap them out of it. It is frustrating. It can be infuriating. And eventually, it becomes a waste of your time because unfortunately, you can't save other people - not your spouse, not your parents, not your friends... You can only save yourself. And if you do it quickly enough, then you have the opportunity to save your children as well.
Chalene Johnson, creator of the Turbo series of videos and ChaLEAN Extreme, says that once a person dedicates him or herself to being healthy and fit, that friendships will be broken and that, in fact, it can end relationships between spouses. Living a healthy lifestyle is more desired than conquered. Those who desire it can't grasp the fact that it is in their reach...they have a hard time justifying it to themselves...they fill their lives with excuses as to why they can't attain it. Whereas those who have conquered it have conquered themselves, and their doubts, and their fears, and their misgivings, and their weaknesses. They have seen the light. They have accepted the fact that they were misguided and uneducated. And they acted on it. Then, of course, they feel so strongly about what they have learned, that they wish to share it with those that they love. The stubborn ones will walk away. But, some of the naysayers will feed off the good will of their friends or spouses or partners and join them on the journey.
So, for my new friends...to the ones I have met on this road...the one's who realized that they are worth the money, the time, and the effort, to you I say thank you. Thank you for your support. I am honored to stand amongst you, knowing how hard the journey has been, yet realizing that the rewards earned go way beyond the effort spent.
I will forever miss my former friends who could not understand the reasons I wanted them to feel the way I feel - why I wanted them to have that sense of self; to wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and be amazed by what they can accomplish...why I wanted them to realize that they are worth the money...worth the time...worth the effort. But, I will continue to wish that for them.
And I want them to know that I haven't really left.
I'm still here.
Think for a moment about people in your life who you love, or those who are the most important to you. Think about something they did or still do that you wish you and your friends or family could change. Maybe they continued to smoke despite suffering a heart attack. Perhaps they still break the law despite already having already been arrested. Maybe they continue to ask for favors even though they already owe you a boatload. Perhaps they continue to wallow in despair despite all of your attempts to snap them out of it. It is frustrating. It can be infuriating. And eventually, it becomes a waste of your time because unfortunately, you can't save other people - not your spouse, not your parents, not your friends... You can only save yourself. And if you do it quickly enough, then you have the opportunity to save your children as well.
Chalene Johnson, creator of the Turbo series of videos and ChaLEAN Extreme, says that once a person dedicates him or herself to being healthy and fit, that friendships will be broken and that, in fact, it can end relationships between spouses. Living a healthy lifestyle is more desired than conquered. Those who desire it can't grasp the fact that it is in their reach...they have a hard time justifying it to themselves...they fill their lives with excuses as to why they can't attain it. Whereas those who have conquered it have conquered themselves, and their doubts, and their fears, and their misgivings, and their weaknesses. They have seen the light. They have accepted the fact that they were misguided and uneducated. And they acted on it. Then, of course, they feel so strongly about what they have learned, that they wish to share it with those that they love. The stubborn ones will walk away. But, some of the naysayers will feed off the good will of their friends or spouses or partners and join them on the journey.
So, for my new friends...to the ones I have met on this road...the one's who realized that they are worth the money, the time, and the effort, to you I say thank you. Thank you for your support. I am honored to stand amongst you, knowing how hard the journey has been, yet realizing that the rewards earned go way beyond the effort spent.
I will forever miss my former friends who could not understand the reasons I wanted them to feel the way I feel - why I wanted them to have that sense of self; to wake up in the morning and look in the mirror and be amazed by what they can accomplish...why I wanted them to realize that they are worth the money...worth the time...worth the effort. But, I will continue to wish that for them.
And I want them to know that I haven't really left.
I'm still here.
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