Not only that, but we rejoice in our sufferings, knowing that suffering produces endurance, and endurance produces character, and character produces hope
-Romans 5:3-4 (English Standard Version)
I went for a one mile run today…I’m calling it a success! Come to think about it… It’s sort of a big deal because this is the first time that I’ve been running in 106 days… I cannot believe it has been that long since the car accident. As I struggle to find my stride, I thought to myself, “This is hard…but this needs to be done.” Similarly, to going to physical therapy twice a week, going through multiple rounds of cortisone shots or writing a master thesis… it’s hard but it needs to be done.
It’s crazy… it’s like I’m starting back at square one… I want to feel sorry myself… However, there are no balloons, streamers, or noisemakers at pity parties. I don’t know about you but pity parties are the worst… You’re all in your feelings and when someone tries to help you pull them into the party also…then no one wants to be around you because you are labeled the pity party guy or girl… Whelp, I’m not going to be that guy! I will not let it happen… Just imagine if I through a pity party when my doctor called me fat… I probably would not be on this journey… See I like to prove people wrong … I like to see their face when I succeed…I like to see their first facial expression when the taste that proverbial crow…
So yea it’s hard… but this needs to be done…How can I live to prove people wrong if I’m not willing to prove it to myself first?
Hmm.. That’s great question and the only suitable answer is that I need to realize that this is an opportunity for me to persevere and show myself what I am made of… You know what they say, “Everything great start with one… one step.” Well for me it started today with one mile…
I’m Back!!!!
Until next time I’m 300 Pounds and Running.
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