I had the most amazing moment this past weekend and it came at a moment I was about to start complaining.
I was tired.
I was sore.
I was exhausted.
I thought about the person I was about to say that to, and I immediately stopped.
Suddenly, I was elated.
I was grateful.
My body felt amazing.
It was really an intense personal experience. I shared my thoughts further in a video that I first posted to our Facebook group and later posted to YouTube.
How often do we take for granted the gift of having a capable body?
We get one life and one opportunity with our one body. It’s abilities can be taken away in an instant. Are we stewarding that gift well?
Are we feeding it well?
Moving it well?
Loving it well?
Are we treating it like the gift that it is. For example, if you viewed your body as something borrowed from a friend, that you someday had to return to them…would you be OK with the condition that you returned it in?
My encouragement for you today is to treat your body like the gift that it is. It’s not something you can simply replace through an Amazon order. It is the only one of its kind and it deserves to be treated as such.
Nourish it in a loving way.
Move it in a loving way.
Care for it in a loving way.
There is a quote from author, Steve Prefontaine, that reads, “to give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift.”
Don’t waste your gift.
Sincerely,
Your friend in wellness and fitness,
Coach Candice