So far, I haven’t seen or heard any Charlie Sheen interviews. I haven’t read any of his quotes. I’ve only seen FB comments about him. I haven’t sought out any info on the internet about what’s happening in his life these days. Since I don’t watch much TV, it’s been easy to avoid/miss.
I’ve decided to pray for the guy. A relationship with God would change his life.
I’m also praying for his five children. My natural instinct is to view him from their perspective. They want their daddy to show them he loves them, and he can’t. Every child deserves to be cherished by their daddy.
Lord, please use every person and every situation in Charlie Sheen’s life to bring him to the place where he can’t deny you. Please help him to see and accept that you love him unconditionally. Please move in his life to encourage him to abandon his pride. Please give him the courage to be humble in your presence. Please use this situation for your good and glory.
Please comfort Charlie Sheen’s children. Please protect them. Help their moms protect them. Please help them find you, Lord, their heavenly father.
I’m going to post my fitness updates on my facebook PAGE. It’s a page, not a personal profile, so you don’t have to “friend” me and I won’t see your wall posts, you can just comment your progress for accountability and prayer support! If you click “Like” at the top of the page, the posts will appear in your news feed so you’ll be reminded to post your progress.
Why am I doing this? For a two-way street of accountability and encouragement. I want to be a good steward of this body God has given me. I used to be hampered by physical limitations and pain, but slowly, both are becoming less and less of an obstacle in my life.
I posted my March fitness goals yesterday and I haven’t fallen behind yet! (I know it’s only been two days, but with my propensity for distraction and procrastination, it’s very easy for me to fall behind).
After I put my goals out on the internet for maximum accountability, I realized that they might be discouraging for beginners to read about. Let me explain – I’ve been building up to this for years. I started slow!
In the beginning, I could only to a 10 second plank – and I really struggled to do it!
In the beginning, I could only do a few push ups before I lost my form – and they were “girl” push ups, on my knees. (In the long run, it’s more beneficial to do fewer push ups correctly than lots of push ups incorrectly.)
In the beginning, I couldn’t walk more than just a few minutes without getting winded.
But today, years later, I’m doing better because I slowly and consistently incorporated small changes over time and didn’t give up. YOU CAN DO IT!
If you’re lurking around, thinking about the possibility of making small changes in your day to get healthier, I want to encourage you to set a reasonable, sustainable fitness goal for yourself for the month of March and (here’s the key) make yourself accountable to someone!
If you currently have an inactive lifestyle, consider exercising 1 minute a day.
ONE minute. And (here’s the key) make yourself accountable to someone who will support and encourage you!
ONE minute. (I’ll tell you why only one minute later – probably in April)
If you do it, let me know how it’s going and I’ll pray for you!
1. Yoga/Strength Training: 3 hours per week.
2. Walking: 15% increase from February’s goal, average 2.3 miles per day, 71.3 miles total for the month.
3. BOSU pushups: average 10 per day, total 310.
4. 2 Minute Plank: 31 times – if I miss a day, I make it up.
5. 1 Minute Superman: 31 times – miss it, make it up.
Now that I’ve put this out here, there’s no turning back. I’ll be updating my Exercise Log and there’s a widget in the sidebar that shows my current summary.
Today, I walked 3 miles with my husband in approximately 48 minutes, did 10 BOSU PushUps in less than a minute and spent 2 minutes in a forearm plank. I’ve got to go do a 1 minute superman now.
Microactions have a cumulative effect – try some of your own and let me know how you’re doing!
Thankfully, I find this kind of thing just as entertaining in real life. It keeps me on my toes.
(If you happen to be one of my clients, wondering if I’m thinking of you, let me assure you: of course not! You’re my favorite! My smartest client EVAH!)
Two weeks ago, my client sent me an updated training packet from their software vendor. I just opened it today…and found the client’s check for my January invoice inside too!
That’ll teach me to procrastinate on work! If I had started today’s project for them two weeks ago, I would have found the check then.
God’s perfect timing? or my sad, sorry time management? I think we know.
Thank you, Lord, I needed that. Both the lesson and the check.
