Exercise

     Today I finished my exercise program about half an hour ago and it got me thinking.  Almost everything in our lives is like exercise!  Now hear me out as I try to explain this to you because I know there are many who don’t like to exercise, but like me probably should.

     When you first start your exercise program you think: I’m going to do some walking or running.  Then I’m going to go lift some weights for a few minutes and it will all be over.  The surprise comes when you learn that you must walk or run in a certain way.  Even riding your bike there must be a method on how it should be done.  Weight lifting is the same way.  If you don’t learn the proper technique you’ll probably end up hurting yourself very badly.  You also find out that you must start off with a balanced routine and work yourself up to being faster, going longer and lifting heavier in your program of walking, running, biking, or working out with weights.

     If you look at your daily work routine it is basically the same.  You must not only learn what the steps are you are going to perform, but you must learn in what order they need to be done.  Once you have mastered the “basics” you will advance to doing the routine more quickly and more efficiently than you had been doing it before.  Another surprise, just as it is in exercising, you’ll find that you begin to enjoy the routine more and it becomes easier to do.

     Look at another area.  For you young ones or even for us adults who decide to begin college classes (or other educational programs), at first the work may seem to be very b-o-r-i-n-g!  But after you spend the time to understand the concepts of what you are learning and figure out how they work together to make the ultimate concluding process a success all the time and effort now seems worth the efforts.  You’ll also learn that this NEW process will probably make your life much easier.

     Some years back I had that very experience when the company I was working for sent me back to Maryland to a computer class.  They had purchased a completely new computer system to be installed within our business operations and someone had to be trained on all its functions.  That someone turned out to be me!  The class was held from Monday morning to Friday at noon.  On the first day the instructor told us that there was going to be many things that we would be covering and we would have many handouts to consider each evening after the training.  But not to be concerned because by Thursday noon it would all make sense as we developed the complete picture of the computers operations.  And he was right!  By the time we “graduated” on Friday at noon the twelve of us in the class were all “experts” on using that computer system.

     Like exercise learning something new may be a real pain in the lower posterior, but after we have invested the time and energy needed we can be successful in the outcome we are attempting to realize.  Like exercise we may have to demonstrate a great amount of self-discipline to make sure we “stay with it” until the ultimate goal is achieved, but when we have developed that pattern of operation within our life we will not only enjoy the work (exercise) better we will enjoy ourselves too!

QUOTE TO CONSIDER

THOUGHTFUL GEM

"Exercise your mind and body 

so the whole person is in good health."