Personal Meditation no. 186

“There is a lot to be thankful for if you know how to look. There is a lot to be angry about if you fail to look correctly.”

Embrace the Within.

It has been a wonderful week and I am looking forward to a wonderful weekend. I finished up my annual cycle of talking to doctors this past week with getting some blood work done on the Monday after Easter. And despite eating like everyone else all Easter weekend and not embracing my typical eating and drinking habits, all the tests came back fine except for the usual culprit, my cholesterol levels. The cardiologist has me on a routine for that over the next couple months and we will take another look there, however, everything else is looking great. It is amazing that even though I picked one of the absolute worst days to get the blood work done and the numbers were still good is a testament to the work I have been putting in during the past fourteen days. One weekend is not going to set me back. And I am glad that is now proven with data to support those thoughts.

I used to get frustrated with the results when I started this whole process. It takes too long to see change when you first start making changes BUT I had to realize that I didn’t get in this bad of shape in a week, a month, a year, it took years of dedication to another journey to make my mind, body, and spirit that much of a mess. And it was going to take years to get my body, my mind, my spirit back into greatness again. It’s a process on both ends and the means are the ends to getting there. I can’t just eat healthy one day and fix a lifetime's worth of problems and neither can one weekend of poor eating cancel out a routine of living well.

And there is the process. If I don’t exercise today, it does not mean I will stop exercising tomorrow. If I don’t eat well today, it does not mean I will not eat well tomorrow. If I do not tap-tap-tap-a-roo today, it does not mean I will not exercise my mind tomorrow. I have established a routine of focus that will not break from one mistake. I just need to hold myself accountable to what I want and then do it. I need to understand what matters and then go out and produce that result.

Come on out and see the oldest Williams kids at SpongeBob the Musical this weekend. Avoid the mess that is the Tiki Bar opening. And as always, have the day you want. I hope you find whatever you’re looking for.

#ThinkBetter #BeBetter #NoGodsNoMasters #MyBodyMyChoice #MakeYourselfGreatAgain #EmbracetheWithin