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Ironman Update# 9

Well last week's training taught me that I am tired. I was exhausted because of work requirements I have had to switch my normal routine to one that requires me to train at a different time. What a difference that made and add to it was a run week. Of the three sports running tends to be the most challenging one for me. The biggest message I can provided from training is to keep going even when u don't fell like it. Move your feelings to the side and focus on your outcome let the other things fall to the side because you should be focused on what your result is not getting lost in the details.

Wait & Wait

I titled this article wait because that seems to be a recent theme I am dealing with in my life It seems as if everything I want to have happen is close and I mean close to my reach so close I can taste it. The lord however has decided that while I think I am close I am not yet ready to receive my rewards. At first I thought that this was a bad thing but as I look at it I realize that as with everything in my life it usually works out in the end my impatience comes from the fact that I move at a different speed than the rest of the world or at least it feels like that. The problem is watching this and dealing with the challenges it brings.

Some of the things I want are listed below

A consistent schedule to spend time with my son

To start my business.

For the love,and appreciation I give to come back to me.

To have someone care for me the way I know I can care for them.

The list goes one but those are the things that I know I want and the variables that go into are a pretty long list so what am I to do ? Well the only thing I can do wait and stop focusing on them and put my energy in a more productive resource. I also have faith that God will fulfill my request at his own time and that was further reenforced when I stumbled upon Ecclesiastes 3:2-8 which reads as follows

A Time For Everything

For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven.

a time to be born and a time to die

a time to plant,and a time to pluck up what is planted.

a time to kill and a time to heal

a time to break down and a time to build up

a time to weep and a time laugh

a time to mourn and time to dance

a time to cast stones and a time to gather stones together

a time to embrace and a time to refrain from embracing

a time to seek and a time to lose

a time to keep and time to cast away

a time to tear and a time to sew

a time to keep silence and a time to speak

a time to love and time to hate

a time for war and a time for peace.

It is comforting to know what time I am in this scripture reminds me that life is a wave and we must know where we are in that wave in order not crash and injure yourself. So I will continue to press forward attempting to be the best me I can and my season will soon change.

Until my next post God Bless and Good Luck.

Being Right

How important is it for you to be right ?

What does it mean for you to have won the argument ?

What have you or are you willing to sacrifice to win ?

How many relationships potentially have been lost at the price of being right?

I ask the above questions because I can say that I have lost a great deal and generated a great amount of pain from being right. I now equate being right to winning the battle and losing the war. I mean when your arguing,trying to prove your point, or you just refuse to listen to any other ideas besides your own that is exactly what your doing. You set a perception that your unreasonable and force those who come in contact with you limit that as much as possible. I mean let's face it who wants to talk to someone who is always ready to go all in to prove they are right.

Here is my take and my lesson in this behavior It does not matter if your right not to say there are times when being right is what is important. I am referring to primarily your relationships and the closer people are to you the more likely you are to try and win your point.

This is a foolish endeavor and frankly is not fair to those who are considered your family and friends. I mean their opinion of you is a holistic one (meaning they see all of you all the time) and what may seem like one instance to you may be twelve to them. So if you are someone who is guilty of this and we all are at times.

Try something different and see what happens you very well may be pleased with the results because ultimately you want to persevere the relationship which is one thing I am sure you and the other party can bot agree upon.

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This is President Obamas speech to the African American community which was a long time coming in my opinion and according to the Huffington Post this was his first speech since taking office that spoke directly about the subject of race. I know most people always thought that the president would not touch that subject or was wondering when it was coming. It is nice to see someone who I can relate to stand up and call out excuses and I will be the first to say that you are responsible for you no matter what the circumstances that surround you.That is what this speech is about so enjoy and as with everything on this site it will be what you make of it.

Power Of Entertainment

How many people love movies ( I am raising my hand) we all do actually. This is not a surprise and why not love movies I mean they provide us with the escape from our own world even if it is only for 2 hours or so. I never really grew up watching movies as a kid we lacked the funds for a VCR and a TV hence the reason to this day I am fan of radio. (Shout to Sirius its the truth). Needless to say though I was hooked when I went to my uncles and watched my first movie ever (Terminator) and when I turned 14 i experienced what the big screen has to offer. I would later run a video department for six years and make up for the loss movies I had not seen in my lifetime.

God I love irony.

So in all the movie watching I have done I am guilty of the following thing and I am sure you might be to. I am guilty of putting myself in the characters shoes and identifying in a true way or wishing I had a little of what that person on screen possessed. There is nothing at all wrong with this type of embellishment it is actually fun and if your like me and search for meaning in everything then it can be very eye opening.

So I got an eye full last night when I watched The Ghost Of Girlfriends Past. starring Matthew McConaughey and Jennifer Garner. Not only did I identify with the character it was literally like someone snuck in on my life and filmed it from a distance. Lucky for me I am in a place where I am working get away from by previous unbecoming behavior and have started towards a focused and devoted life towards god and enriching the lives of others. I won't give away the movie, nor do I condone the antics that place although I can not say that I am not guilty for having preformed some of them in my young life.

The overall point is this

I believe that God speaks to us in any means that will get his point across and he knows what messages we need to hear and when we need to hear them.

I heard one in the movie I watched last night but it was because my ears were open to hear it. I am asking you are your ears open to hearing what is being said to you and are you listening ? There is value in everything if you allow your self to experience and see it so the next time you doing something and it feels as though this was meant for you or you feel it is address something in your life maybe it is.

Until my next post God Bless and Good Luck.

Ironman Update #8

Hello world first off my absence has not been because I lacked the words to say anything but rather because of priorities otherwise sometimes know as life. Well the biggest lesson I learned this week is a simple one regardless of what you may think you need all the pieces of the puzzle to make it happen. What do i mean ? I have been following my program to a tee with one exception nutrition. Thats right folks I am training for a triathlon and technically not eating or fueling my body correctly.

The main difference between pro athletes and amateurs is there nutrition Not there training plan or level of intesity.

I like to consider myself as professional as possible so needless to say I am making my necessary corrections to get to the point I need to. Not easy but is needed so that I can win this thing at some point. This then set my brain into overdrive during training and I came up with a few questions that I applied to my life and thought I might share with you.

What project are you currently working that you are eliminating or skipping steps ?

• What is the impact of those type of choices?
• How much more effective would you be if you followed those steps?

Are the steps present for a reason?

Why are you skipping them?

What would it take to put them in place?

Those were a sampling I used when dealing with my desire to skip out on nutrition during a triathlon because that makes sense ***read with sarcasm please*** Take a few moments and help stop the madness of working harder than you need to and use the questions above to help you maximize your potential.

Until my next posting

God Bless and Good Luck

Athlete (The Movie)

In a quest to find a cool Ironman wallpaper I came across the link to this website that described a cool idea. A documentary about everyday people who live there lives like professional athletes and do the normal duties of the day. Now I can't say I ever thought of myself this way until I started to research the film further and realized I am not alone or crazy. There is a lot of people who feel the same way I do which it is always cool to know you are not alone in your beliefs.So if check out the movie here and support it. It looks like it could be a a good inspirational kind of movie. You can always use a lil inspiration in your life.

Ironman Update#7

This week was a good week training has increased dramatically I am putting in 13 hours a week of training. Which overall is good. Even in the face of all the challenges during the week. My mothers surgery being one of them it has been a week since that and she is doing amazing thank God. He blessed me to be able to still train and meet my requirements. Which is awesome This week was really a blur I don't have any huge insights other than the following.

Have faith in whatever your doing or whatever is happening to you. Know that God or what ever you choose to call him has a meaning to your life and the crazy situations you feel you are associated with at any given moment. We as people are not advanced enough to see this meaning to long after the fact. This is ok just know there is a meaning and once you discover it becomes a pearl of wisdom to add to your life. If you lack faith thats ok to we all do I know I sure did at one point. God will restore it when he is ready and he thinks you are just like he did for me. It never leaves your focus just changes.

Next week is a recovery week which I need

Until My Next Post God Bless and Good Luck.

Where Do You Find Strength ?

Recently my mother was diagnosed with breast cancer and in helping her with her journey I asked my self the question I purposed in the title of this blog. The reason why is I saw it in my mother so let me explain.

Once the initial shock of the diagnose wore off the treatment options became the next thing my mother was faced with ,and according to the doctor the one with the most likely hood of removing all the cancer was a mastectomy and to further prevent spreading of the disease the doctor recommended a bilateral (both). Knowing that she was faced with a tough decision she took comfort in what my opinion was at which point I asked her a simple question What do you want ? She looked at me almost in tears and said she just wanted to live and wasn't ready and at that point she realized all on her own that her decision was made.

This was a little over two months ago the doctors told us that they need to act fast to prevent potential spreading of the disease and promptly made the arrangements for the procedure. Two days ago the surgery took place. I tell you I am not a man that fears much but that day as rough in the sense I was just fearful for obvious reasons. I asked god to do what was right and watch over her and that no matter what the outcome I was prepared to deal. My mother entered surgery at 1:00pm and finished 8 hours later with everything a success.

Being that she was under so long I didn't speak with her that first evening but promptly saw her the next day and that was the moment that lead to this blog. When we saw each other and she hugged me tighter than my mother ever would normally do and we just cried and we picked up our conversation right where it left off before she went into surgery.To me it was surreal I mean she just under went a very invasive procedure and she is acting as if nothing happened. Then I asked my self where does her strength come from ? For which I knew the answer she had decided that living was her ultimate goal and she met that goal. My mother was full of smiles and laughter and all I could think was I am proud of her and she is one of the strongest people I have ever met, and it is because of her I am those things. My mom is my hero.

I know her journey has just begun but I am comforted because I know the strength she possesses because I have it in me. The only take I way I have for this blog is this

Where do you find strength?

What drives you?

Knowing these answers are critical regardless of what your trying to accomplish from fighting health issues to building a business the world rewards those who are clear on what they want.

Until My Next Post God Bless and Good Luck