WHAT IF!!!

Hello!

I hope you had a great weekend and that you rested. I am sure you wish there was an
extra day added to the weekend because they just seem so short! Leah and I have some
good news that we will probably share at a later date, but are just SO happy about
the news!

I am sure that some of us did not have a super weekend. Maybe you were sick in the
hospital or maybe lost a job, but I want you to know that the grace of God is with
you. There is enough for even YOU! You will get through this one just like you did
the other.

This leads me to share with you about what really concerns me about all of us.
Please join me and do this exercise. You will need a pencil, a piece of paper and
your mind.

- Write down 10 things that you would have liked to have done but you did not do
this past week.
- Next write down 10 things that you wanted to do but did not do last week. It is
not okay if your list does not reach ten ....think harder though.
- Now rewrite the list again, but this time write the 10 things that you WILL do
this week. Do not set yourself up to fail but be smart.
- Then write down the 10 things that you WILL NOT do. This is important to me
because I care about you meeting your goals that we have talked about.
Not just goal for the gym but even at home with your family, friends and pets.

We cannot keep living our lives by "what ifs"...
1. What if I had been working out since January, where would I be now?
2. What if I had not stopped going to the shelter to volunteer, whom would I have
influenced by now?
3. What if I had not drank as much last month like I have been lately?
4. What if I had not laid in the sun as long as I have for the last ten years?
5. What if I had not been intimate with that last person that I met?
6. What if I had not ate that much food, would I still be losing focus?
7. What If I did not quit, how much better would my lower back be by now?
8. What if I did a couple more miles a day rather than just one mile?
9. What if I called my friend and said I was sorry six months ago rather than
yesterday?
10. What if I had told my mother and father "I love you" earlier?

This goes with everything, not just working out. I am not claiming to know it all,
but I know that there is so much pain in "what ifs" versus "I am glad I did". You
must have no FEAR! Look at the horse, it is not afraid of the sword or spear when it
is time for battle. Yet we have a bigger spirit than the horse!

Take a container and put a hundred coins in it. They could be pennies if you like.
And every day for the next one hundred days take one out until there is none left in
the container. Now remember, every time one comes out, what is left is how much time
in days you have left. This is a way to help you focus on not having "what if"
moments.

That my friends is your TIP of the WEEK...

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Stephen & Leah Menya
www.LionsGym.com
952-474-7000