“The truth is that our finest moments are most likely to occur when we are feeling deeply uncomfortable, unhappy, or unfulfilled. For it is only in such moments, propelled by our discomfort, that we are likely to step out of our ruts and start searching for different ways or truer answers.” — M. Scott Peck
“The most wasted of all days is one without laughter.” — e. e. cummings
“Not everyone can be famous but everyone can be great, because everyone can serve.” — Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
A family in my church gave me a membership to Planet Fitness for Christmas. I had not used it until today. This was due to several reasons, but the biggest one for me was that I did not want to be one of those people who show up at the gym after the New Year and then drop out after a month or so. And so I waited for awhile. And then I waited some more. And then, before I knew it, a month had gone by and I was still sitting on my rear end, not going to the gym.
So today I bit the bullet and went. I was member of a gym for a short time while I was a Pastor in Elysburg, PA. And yes, in that case, I did exactly what I wrote about in the above paragraph. That gym was small and intimate. Planet Fitness is huge, and given the number of cars in parking lot every time I drive by, not to mention the dozens of people inside when I went tonight, it must be one of the most popular places in Pottstown. My Lord, I would have hated to see how packed it must have been the first week of January!
Anyway, I spent 30 minutes doing some cardio on two different machines. The one is a step machine and the other was a bike machine (sorry I don’t know their technical names). After that I worked on my biceps and then my abs. At this time I have no goal other than to get into the habit of exercising. I am sure I will never be a “hunk” by anyone’s definition, but if I can lose a few pounds and feel a little healthier, then those things will be icing on the cake.
One of the good things about Planet Fitness is that it is open 24/7, so I can go at anytime I want. That might come in handy for this night owl. We will see.
“We’re all a little broken. We’re all a little twisted. We’re all less than we could be or want to be.” — Conor Oberst
from » enamour | Handbook 2010.
HANDBOOK 2010
Health:
1. Drink plenty of water.
2. Eat breakfast like a king, lunch like a prince and dinner like a beggar.
3. Eat more foods that grow on trees and plants and eat less food that is manufactured in plants.
4. Live with the 3 E’s — Energy, Enthusiasm and Empathy
5. Take time to pray and read your Bible daily.
6. Play more games.
7. Read more books than you did in 2009.
8. Sit in silence for at least 10 minutes each day
9. Sleep for 7 hours.
10. ake a 10-30 minutes walk daily. And while you walk, smile.
Personality:
11. Don’t compare your life to others. You have no idea what their journey is all about.
12. Don’t have negative thoughts or things you cannot control. Instead invest your energy in the positive present moment.
13. Don’t over do it. Keep your limits.
14. Don’t take yourself so seriously. No one else does.
15. Don’t waste your precious energy on gossip.
16. Dream more while you are awake.
17. Envy is a waste of time. You already have all you need.
18. Forget issues of the past. Don’t remind your partner with His/her mistakes of the past. That will ruin your present happiness.
19. Life is too short to waste time hating anyone. Don’t hate others.
20. Make peace with your past so it won’t spoil the present.
21. No one is in charge of your happiness except you.
22. Realize that life is a school and you are here to learn. Problems are simply part of the curriculum that appear and fade away like algebra class but the lessons you learn will last a lifetime.
23. Smile and laugh more.
24. You don’t have to win every argument. Agree to disagree.
Society:
25. Call your family often.
26. Each day give something good to others.
27. Forgive everyone for everything..
28. Spend time with people over the age of 70 and under the age of 6.
29. Try to make at least three people smile each day.
30. What other people think of you is none of your business.
31. Your job won’t take care of you when you are sick. Your friends will. Stay in touch.
Life:
32. Do the right thing!
33. Get rid of anything that isn’t useful, beautiful or joyful.
34. GOD heals everything.
35. However good or bad a situation is, it will change.
36. No matter how you feel, get up, dress up and show up.
37. The best is yet to come..
38. When you awake alive in the morning, thank GOD for it.
39. Your Inner most is always happy. So, be happy.
Last but not the least:
40. Please Forward this to everyone you care about, I just did.
“Life is not lost by dying; life is lost minute by minute, day by dragging day, in all the thousand small uncaring ways.”
— Stephen Vincent Benet
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” — Martin Luther King, Jr.
