I've been getting prepared to start training for the April 28th triathlon and it's starting to look like a daunting task. I sat down over the past couple of days and hammered out a three month training schedule that has also been posted for everyone to see. If everyone has any feedback it would be much appreciated. All I've got this far is my shoes, my gym membership, and my schedule. I've got drive, desire, and I like to think some physical ability. What else do I have? The "H" word... Holidays.
It's hard to stay motivated with an unlimited amount of ham and turkey, potatoes and gravy, pie, cookies, beer, and egg nog for the taking. There's football to watch and a basketball season finally about to start. I don't have my bike yet and can't get it because of Christmas presents to buy. There's cold weather and cuddling up to watch light shows. I have Christmas specials to watch, pop corn to pop, and oh so many reasons NOT to go to the gym. I can go next month right?
I almost said yes to that question. I always say yes to that question. My favorite riddle has always been, "what comes but never gets here?" The answer is tomorrow. I know I do it all the time. I follow the trap of tomorrow like a moth to a flame and it's pretty safe to say most other people do as well. Well, there's only one way to see tomorrow and that's to do it today. My last cheesy line I'll use... Today is the tomorrow that you dreamed about yesterday. Whoever said that originally hit the nail square on the head.
This triathlon isn't about just doing something I've always wanted to do. It's about breaking old habits and starting new ones. The accomplishment of doing something I said I'm going to do and starting to rebuild my character; that's the real reason for what I'm doing. As of today I have 4 months and 15 days until I have to walk the walk and not just talk the talk. HOLY HELL that's close!!
Have any of you played the game of tomorrow? Ever said you'd clean the house on Saturday and come the following Friday it's still the same as it was, if not worse? Ever say you're going to start walking the dog every night when you get off work and find him still sitting there waiting by his leash? How about saying you'll call your loved ones more often but never really find the time to "get around" to it? Me too.
What if we lost the chance of tomorrow? I'm not trying to be negative or even hint that it's going to happen, but what if? What if we lost the chance run some race because we got hurt? What if, whatever we said we "could put off until tomorrow" was taken away from us? We'd have to spend the rest of our lives wondering what might have been had we done them today. Odds are, none of this will happen. I'm just trying to make a point.
There are people who don't understand the connection between my goal and real life. I still don't think I even truly do. I am finding however, that as each day passes on my journey, it brings me one step closer to understanding. The time we get is short, and it's not how much money we make or how much stuff we have. Money doesn't buy life. You can only live life. We need to make the most of the time we have and the people we share it with. We need to not take "tomorrow" for granted and make the most of the time we do have. Most importantly, we need to relish and make the most of the fact that we are given the opportunity to have a seat on this ride into the improbable madness.
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