We must constantly resist the temptation to give up what we want most

Giraffe at Disney's Animal Kingdom Safari
There are a million reasons not to exercise

 

We must constantly resist the temptation to give up what we want most, for what we want right now.

If you regularly exercise, and I don’t mean some bull crap casual “exercise”, well done.

If you haven’t regularly exercised in so long you can’t remember, may I ask a sincere, and direct question?

Why the hell not?

Sorry, someone close to me committed suicide two days ago, and the things I normally worry about – like asking pointed, but extraordinarily important questions – are things today that don’t seem too worrisome in the big picture.

Mind and body done, next, a short, pithy post about our emotional spirit, click here.

 

Nine Questions

Did you go for a walk (or exercise) yesterday?

Did you eat sensibly?

Did you read anything that inspired or motivated you?

Did you think about anything that inspired or motivated you?

Did you take some sort of action, different from your usual?

Did you get adequate rest (way under-rated) yesterday?

Did you consider how you’ll stay committed until you die?

Did you have fun yesterday?

Did you do at least one thing that scared you?

Nine yes answers means you lived in the moment.  Less than that is, well, less than that.

I only got eight.  Adequate rest has been elusive.  Which reminds me, nap time.