I’m a smaller fellow. Always have been. I enjoy exercise in general, but I don’t tend to build muscle quickly and I find push-ups tedious. A recent friend of mine, coming into my life after several years of acquaintanceship, has been doing P90X off and on for some time now. Our newfound friendship has given me the opportunity to explore physical fitness in a rigorous format and given me a companion to keep me accountable.
It’s been just over a week now since we began P90X together, and I find it quite fun. Sure some exercises are absolutely miserable and exhausting, but others might even be called playful. All of them improve the strength of my body, help me find personal confidence, and give me beautiful sleep at night.
Thankfully I don’t tend to be one to give up on things, especially if someone encourages me to continue, and so I eagerly await wherever I may be in the weeks to come!
Not everyone in the world is free to write his thoughts. In fact, a very large part fo the world population can neither read nor write, and of those you can, few have the resources at their disposal to do so, especially in such an easy, accessible form as teh Internet. As a middle class American, I am blessed with all of these: reading, writing, computer, adn Internet. On top of this, I have time to write. Sure, I’m fairly busy, but I can easily make time if I so choose without any negative impact on the rest of my life.
It is absolutely wonderful to be able to express ourselves in written word, an odd way of solidifying thoughts, thoughts that will last indefinitely in whatever format we lay them down. Writing enables us to take on different personae, fictional or factual, to wither pretend to be what we are not, or what we wish we were, or to describe ourselves for others to understand. The practice of writing makes it easier to communicate with the world around us, to express feelings, desires, demands, cares, needs, wants, goals, and dreams. It helps us to build friendships with those far and near, to sustain relationships through time and space. I am truly thankful for this wonderfully good thing God has given me: the opportunity to write.
