Lessons Learned

"Illnesses do not come upon us out of the blue. They are developed from small daily sins against nature. When enough sins have accumulated, illnesses will suddenly appear.” – Hippocrates

Yesterday morning I woke up and started thinking.  Bad thing to do.  I started thinking about money and where it needed to go and what we had to do next and, and, and….  And I started feeling so stressed.

I hadn’t even gotten out of bed, and I wanted to crawl back in and stay all day.  So, contrary to my nature, I decided to exercise.  Nothing spectacular.  I knew I had some 10 minute workouts on my Netflix queue.  I figured a little Pilates would take my mind off things and set me right for the day.  

The perky trainer said I should start with abs because it would be a good start for any other exercises I wanted to do.  Funny, I believed her.  BUT, I did realize two things.  1) I have abs.  2) they have forgotten what exercise is.  I was so glad that the rest of the family was still sleeping so they didn’t have to see (hear) me slugging through the exercises.  

One thing I also learned – I was right.  I did feel better.  I had decided once again to make a positive decision in a crazy moment.  After I was done, I told James that if I didn’t start doing something for myself, some things were going to start happening to myself.  I know the effects of stress can add problems to health that could otherwise be avoidable. Later that morning, I came across the quote above, and knew once again that I had made the right choice. 

Baby steps are, in fact, still steps.