Be warned – this is a purely
inspirational and motivational message.
Hang on.
Carolyn and I are watching The Biggest Loser at the moment. This episode features four former Olympic contenders
and medal winners. When they started
this show seventeen weeks ago, each of these athletes was an enlarged version
of their former self. They once had
amazing physiques, and then inactivity set in.
There are some amazing stories being written
in their lives about now and the reason is these four wanted to reclaim a dose
of their former greatness.
One of the coaches was quoted just a few
minutes ago. He said.
Can you relate to that? In January I started with a dose of
seriousness by hitting LA Fitness more regularly. If I shared with you my routine, which I will
not, you would not be very impressed. This
is not a path to Olympic stardom for me, but it is a path to improved breath
control, weight control, blood pressure and blood sugar control.
Already, just a few weeks into this
routine, my collar is not as tight, my breathing is easier when climbing
stairs, and often, in the middle of the day, that amazing euphoric feeling, or endorphin
rush, overwhelms me.
Well, enough of the personal and the “I”
and “me” story.
Another coach on this program just said
this:
“The
journey is long,
the
journey is hard,
and the journey
is worth it.”
And so it is.
Success comes from the little steps,
repeated and repeated and repeated. And
they lead to better habits, better muscle memory and better life management
practices.
Do you want to be great?
You may have to put your ego away, start
taking those small steps, and build slowly so that someday, you’ll look back
and say – “Look where I’ve come from.”
On Wednesdays, the community college
baseball team shares the gym where I do my running. Now, this team is full of 25 young, strong,
mostly in shape athletes. I could feel
intimidated. I could walk away and say “I’ll
do this tomorrow when they are not around.”
No.
No. No. Who cares if they watch me, or laugh at me –
which I've never felt. They do their
thing and I do mine.
They are working on their greatness, and
I’m working on mine. We just happen to
be sharing the same space one day a week.
There are other areas in which I’m
pursuing greatness. Being a top-notch
banker is important. So is writing and
speaking, not to mention being the best husband in the world to Carolyn.
What is your “being great” goal?
It starts today, with the first step.
Remember:
You don’t have to be great to start.
You do have to start in order to be great.
You are dismissed.
P Michael
Biggs
Offering
Hope
Encouragement
Inspiration
One Word
at a Time
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