Battle of the Bulge

I started exercising.

Several times.

But not lately.

I know it's good for me. I feel better once I get started and pass through that discomfort stage where my muscles ache. I sleep better when I exercise. I look better too. So why do I fail so miserably?

I'm lazy.

Okay, so lazy is a strong word. A better excuse is that I'm busy. I choose to do other things. By the time I get home in the evening it's late and not the best time to raise the heart rate. (And let's not even consider getting up earlier in order to get in the much needed exercise. That just sounds wrong!)

Notice anything? They're excuses. Many excuses. Good excuses, but still excuses. We are good at making them (at least I am.). We can always find a good reason not to do something we ought to do, but it doesn't get to a solution. Excuses are symptoms of a weak will and mis-ordered priorities. We know what we need to do, but don't have the resolve to do them, hence the annual lies we make to ourselves called resolutions. Maybe we don't need new resolutions, but a fresh resolve and new priority list.

Don't do today what you can put off until tomorrow ! Is this your credo? A Brand NU ME can't happen if it is. It's time to get started. Remember, no pain, no gain is true, so let's get it over with, move through the initial start-up pain and just begin. And I'm talking two-fold exercise, the body and the spirit. "Exercise daily in God - no spiritual flabbiness, please! Workouts in the gymnasium are useful, but a disciplined life in God is far more so, making you fit both today and forever." (1 Timothy 4:8, The Message)

Discipline is the key. Throw out the excuses, pick up the Bible and get on the treadmill. Your body and spirit will be glad you did.

Peace ><> (and a little sweat)
PC