Last night I was up for several hours with a sick child. I got maybe 4 hours of sleep. This after taking care of 3 sick ones and taking a healthy daughter to a play she was in and then running to a store to do some grocery shopping.
This morning my alarm rang at 4:45 and for a moment I thought I should stay in bed because of how hard the day went the day before. I however went on pure willpower to get myself out of bed, brush my teeth, put on my clothes and drove myself the few miles to the gym. I got on the treadmill and did my HIIT and at first was still wondering what I was doing there!
After about 4 minutes into my routine, I felt a sense of empowerment! I have the choice to make my life what I want it to be! Do I want to continue on the path of merely surviving? Going about my days just to get through it and on to the next? What for?????? Just so I can get through each day and the next until I am old and eventually die? What kind of life is that? Sure there would be the occassional happy time but why wait for those few days a year to come to me???
There are no excuses as long as you have your health. I am so grateful that I can get up each morning even after a night of sleeplessness. I have 5 beautiful and healthy children, a hard working and loving husband, a roof over our heads, food on the table and I have the choice to make this a happy, active, fullfilling life!
No excuses...JUST DO IT!!!!
i really liked this post. the part that really resonated with me was the part about do i want to continue to just survive? getting through one day to get to the next.
ReplyDeleteEXACTLY. i need to remember that. my goal is not just to make it until bedtime, so i can sleep again. i want to be excited about every day , my opportunities for that day. i need to remember to appreciate the moments with my girls every day. not just think uh, they are a lot of work and sometimes they are cute. ;) you know what i mean. i want to enjoy the majority of the moments of my life OTHERWISE... what a waste!
thanks for posting this!