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In my last post, I talked about what inspires me.  It can range from something so small like a picture I saw in the doctor’s office to a story I read to a conversation I had, but the most important piece in all of these is what I do with what I learned.

For example, the picture I saw in the doctor’s office was  a woman named Jae Howell.  The picture is of an elderly woman, I believe in her 80’s, who is the picture of health.  She is a record holder for swimming and continues to swim. In fact, all of the pictures in this doctor’s office, are of older people probably 60 and above who continue to be active and live healthy lives.  I was so inspired by Jae’s photograph that I came home and looked her up on the internet just to see more about her.

 Now, that got me to the first stage which was taking some action, but the purpose of the photograph was to inspire me to make healthy decisions in my life.  Has it? In small ways yes, but I still don’t exercise like I want to.  I do eat better and get exercise with my kids, but I absolutely love to play Tennis.  How many times have I played Tennis this summer? A couple of times with my kids and because they are 5 and 8 I don’t really get a workout in. But I do find that Jae pops into my mind and helps me make small changes.

I guess the point of this post is that action is what makes the difference.  It is so hard to do sometimes too especially when your heart isn’t in it…like taxes…but it is necessary.

Connie

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