Well, here I am… the first post here. Allow me to introduce myself. This is me, doing it messy, doing it unpolished… but doing it.
Nice to meet you.
“No man is an island.”
So said poet John Donne in a sermon way back in 1624. We all need to be part of a greater whole, belonging to others in society. Man was meant to have relationships, to share life with others.
The appearance of fine (or not-so-fine) lines on the face. Crepey skin on the legs. Hands that look like somebody’s grandma.
Have you experienced this? I’m seeing it more in myself and today was a wake-up call as I caught my reflection in the mirror.
I needed a good old-fashioned kick in the pants to get myself going with exercise, and the way I chose to receive the kicking was via accountability through social media. Gratefully, some of you joined in and I am immeasurably thankful to you. YOU made this thing a “go” for me. YOU made it real. YOU brought the encouragement and the accountability I needed. And I hope I did the same for you. We’re all in this thing called life together. We might as well cheer each other on.
I could go on and on, but these are some practical items your mom, sister, daughter, niece, neighbor, gal pal
Your habits – those things you do each day (for better or worse) – are the defining factors of who you become.
Have you heard of this? The set point theory of weight loss says that there’s one weight that your body is comfortable with, and even if you lose or gain, your body will always try to return to this set point.
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