Author: jeff noel

Retired Disney Institute Keynote Speaker and Prolific Blogger. Five daily, differently-themed personal blogs (about life's 5 big choices) on five interconnected sites.

Staring into your mirror, what do we see?

jeff noel at Magic Kingdom's Casey's Corner
Take a good hard look (like that’s ever gonna happen)

 

Staring into your mirror, what do we see?

In a conversation yesterday someone adamantly and negatively critiqued a leadership group as not practicing what they preached.

And without trying, an immediate question, “Has this accuser ever looked in the mirror? They are the antithesis of health and wellness. And yet they claim health is critical”.

So bloody obvious it almost chokes me.

Since then, been staring into that mirror, scouring for my blind spots.

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Wishing you the best today, and a really nice carrot

Get healthy quick promises
An honest question, how many folks who sign up for this are still exercising five years later?

 

The real goal of wanting, and becoming qualified and brave enough, to go Nationals is simply this:

A carrot to keep moving forward.

That’s all. Nothing more, nothing less.

It is in being unable to run that the true nature of why I run becomes so crystal clear.

Wishing you the best today, and a really nice carrot.

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Health is wealth is such an understatement

Two post inguinal hernia repair surgery medications
The hospital was very wise, they knew I’d need both these bottles, desperately

 

The things we take for granted until we don’t have them – walking, getting in and out of bed, bowel movements.

When you’re bedridden, the extent of exercise consists of getting in and out of bed, especially when you’ve been given a narcotic to mask the pain, it’s decently serious.

Having a daily routine that can not be performed, well, it quickly becomes a major issue. Thank goodness for the second bottle.

Second day of recovery, went for a 200 meter walk (end of street and back). I asked Cheryl, “Have you ever seen me walk this slow”. She smiled and half-laughed, “No!”.

Insight: The hard work of exercise is worth every invisible, non-obvious, taken-for-granted benefit it provides.

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