Amy got home from SLC on Monday night and was feeling pretty motivated. She asked if we were going to start P90x. Oh, sweet. I wasn't quite prepared for that but what the heck, no time like the present. The first night we started with a chest and back workout and then last night we were on a cardio program. I am continuing to run and that is great though I am feeling extremely sore at the moment. Despite all the running I have done for the last 9 months there are quite a few muscles in my body that were apparently not getting exercised. So, this is a good thing, right? Wow.
In doing these workouts I find that I want to be right up to speed with what they are doing and can keep up on some of it. However, there are also quite a few things that I am unable to handle at this point. It is amazing just how much seems to go when you don't use it.
I need to more fully use the gifts that I have been given in this life. I need to use them so that they can increase. I need to use them in a way that strengthens those around me and glorifies him that is the giver of the gift. I can't help but think of the parable of the talents. I don't want to be the one who hides the talent that I have been given.
In my Patriarchal Blessing I am told that I have been given a strong body and that I promised my Heavenly Father that I would share them with others. There was a time, 12 years ago, that I was experiencing loss of feeling in my legs. Often times when I would stand up I would lose feeling. I don't know what it was. Eventually it went away but it was a scary thing there for a few months. There have been times when I have not been very fit and didn't take very good care of myself. I am far from being fit now, I think the fact that I am as sore as I am right now is a testament to that.
Over the last several months I have been trying to better care for the body I have been given. What else is there in my life that I need to take care of? What else have I slacked on or let go? Spiritually am I as strong as I need to be or do I need to work out more there? Certainly there are many things that can stand to be improved. Hopefully I will not be as sore in efforts to strengthen myself spiritually. There are a lot of things that I have learned in various parent meetings that I have attended. I have not been able to implement many of them. The things that I have seen and been taught will be a benefit to my children and yet I have not been able to get my stuff together with all of it. Some things I have been able to do but I know that I am lacking a lot ans so perhaps a little more focus there will help to strengthen our family. Those adjustments could definately result in some pain as we focus on improving ourselves and personal development. Sometimes it is just easier for me to take on all the load myself rather than helping my kids develop some of the skills they will need.
Well, there is work to be done. I have learned that there is always work to be done. Continuing to press forward as best as I possibly can will determine just how sore I will or will not be in the future.
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