Before and after: What a difference 2 years makes!!
I'm still sorting through the Holy Land pictures to complete my posts about that trip, but I HAD to post about this.
I think I'll just let you see it.
You know how Facebook shows up "memories" from some number of years ago? Well, yesterday It showed me a picture of me with some girlfriends in Oregon 2 years ago for a race. Compare that to this picture of me outside the opera house in Madrid 2 weeks ago for a race with my new running girls.
Physically, this was a "come-to-Jesus" moment. A la Scarlett O'Hara, I said to myself, "As God as my witness I will never let myself get to that point again". It may be the jeans or the shoes or the sun in my eyes, but this is my newest motivation picture. Oh my gosh, I am going to keep exercising!
From a spiritual perspective, the pictures are a physical manifestation of the good move it has been for me to move to Abu Dhabi! I am so much happier now, even in those times I've been down. I've become better at boundaries and taking care of myself and grown a lot of courage and faith. And I think it shows.
Even though I have gone through periods of feeling so down in Abu Dhabi, I'd forgotten about all those beautiful Boise weekends I spent lying in my back room watching TV, wishing I was somewhere else with anybody. I forgot about how badly I wanted to travel with people but had no one to go with me. I'd forgotten about how stagnant I felt and how ready to do something different I was for the last couple of years before I left.
So this was a little reminder that, even on the bad days, I am living one of my dreams!
Physically, this was a "come-to-Jesus" moment. A la Scarlett O'Hara, I said to myself, "As God as my witness I will never let myself get to that point again". It may be the jeans or the shoes or the sun in my eyes, but this is my newest motivation picture. Oh my gosh, I am going to keep exercising!
From a spiritual perspective, the pictures are a physical manifestation of the good move it has been for me to move to Abu Dhabi! I am so much happier now, even in those times I've been down. I've become better at boundaries and taking care of myself and grown a lot of courage and faith. And I think it shows.
Even though I have gone through periods of feeling so down in Abu Dhabi, I'd forgotten about all those beautiful Boise weekends I spent lying in my back room watching TV, wishing I was somewhere else with anybody. I forgot about how badly I wanted to travel with people but had no one to go with me. I'd forgotten about how stagnant I felt and how ready to do something different I was for the last couple of years before I left.
So this was a little reminder that, even on the bad days, I am living one of my dreams!
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