Today I looked everywhere for an excuse not to exercise. But I could not find it. First I looked outside to see if it was too hot. No, it was in fact a lot cooler than yesterday. It was overcast and a cool sea breeze was making it very pleasant. I looked up to see if the overcast clouds meant that it would rain any minute. No rain on the horizon. Still my excuse hid from me.
Then I looked inside. My shoes were waiting at the door. My dog was bouncing around wagging his tail and looking at his lead. I still could not find my excuse.
I finally gave up looking for it, put on my shoes and connected the lead. I stepped out the door and started walking. I was glad I could not find my excuse to not exercise today. I met others along the path who had also mislaid their excuses. We smiled as we acknowledged each other and the beautiful cool change.
Tomorrow I will be back looking for my excuse. Hopefully I will not find it again.
All this looking made me wonder why I do this to myself. I love walking. I love going to my exercise class. I love playing the piano and cello. I love being my ideal weight and feeling healthy. I love reading my Bible but WHY do all these things need so much discipline to do on a regular basis. I know it is only by doing these things on a regular basis that there will be any noticeable affect. Sporadic exercise, sporadic piano and cello practice, even sporadic Bible reading only brings minimal results and sometimes none at all.
My New Years resolution is to loose every excuse I can ever think of for not doing what I know I should do. If not now, WHEN?
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