Disney Employee Engagement Speaker
Five daily blogs about life's 5 big choices on five different sites.
Today is National Running Day. Who knew? As a runner, I had never heard of it. Showed up on Facebook this morning. Many people say things like, “I hate running”, or “I’ve never been a runner”.
Given a choice, it would almost seem like many would also add, “I hate walking”, or “I’ve never liked walking”.
And it doesn’t stop there, it continues with, “I hate vegetables”, or “I’ve never liked vegetables”.
Absurd!
Assuming you are not in good physical condition, simply because most aren’t, try answering this:
When are you going to commit to getting and staying physically fit?
Studies and experts are starting to speculate that young people may be the first generation to have shorter life spans than previous generations.
So, if you have kids, grand kids, nieces or nephews, they will most likely face a shorter life than us. How does that make you feel?
Most likely, you don’t really care.
No, really. You do not care.
Bold statement to be sure. And what makes me so sure?
If you cared, you wouldn’t be leading the charge.
Obesity is an epidemic. It’s polluting everything we do.
And our legacy, very sadly, is that we are passing this terrible inheritance on to future generations.
Not until you start losing yourself in your personal (vain) reasons for getting healthy will you begin to find your motivation to change. And not until you replace your selfish (again, vanity) reasons with a higher purpose, will you begin to feel compelled. And not until you are compelled to be a great example (role model) of how to care for your health, will your kids, grand kids, nieces and nephews start following your path.
How was your day yesterday? Are you happy with your results, your determination, your creativity? We contemplated yesterday that slacking off might actually pay good dividends. Case in point.
Had a great run yesterday and ran into Mike. Mike looked to be in the 40-50 year range. Just by chance, we found ourselves engaged in conversation. “What motivates you to run?”, I asked, always curious.
He’s been running for 30 years. “For fun!”, he said.
Challenging that, I said there’s got to be something else, something deeper. Just doing it for fun, to me, would wear off after say 10 or 20 years. But 30 years, that’s amazing. Do you think you can stay with an exercise you like, for 30 years?
Are you a storyteller?
No matter your answer, you are a storyteller. We all are.
We tell stories through our actions, by the things that we do, and don’t do.
For example, people who exercise and use greater self-control with their food choices, are going to appear healthier than those that do not. It’s simply a fact of life.
It’s like two gardeners. One spends a fair amount of time, each day, weeding, pruning, fertilizing and pest controlling. The other does not. Do I even need to ask, “Which garden will bear more fruit?”
Lane 8 is a metaphor for life. It appears Lane 8’s story may be picking back up where it left off last August, in Finland.