Goals
- Closer relationship with God- Corinthians Chapter 9, this book explains the rights of the apostles and Paul refuses to take anything from them. He states he would rather die than do anything that interferes with someone finding Christ. For me, the letters that Paul writes are complicated on many levels and I often have to reread them. Basically. when I think about it, the Bible is many layers and you can read and reread and still notice new things.
- Get Fit/Strong- Today starts a new week, this week I will do 3 lower body work outs. I am using the belt squat machine and plates to do squats and calf raises. Next time I will add weight to the plates. I also did traditional squats with a barbell and 100lbs. I deadlifted with my hex bar and added weight so now it is 81pounds, knee raises with monkeyfeet and split squats. Today I did 10 pound kettle bells with the split squats, I may try and raise that next time.
- house organization- I organized an area of the kitchen and found a place to store empty egg cartons ( I have chickens).
- Write- today was 15 minutes
- Camper reno- I will watch a video later today
Don’t be an ass
I know that I have touched on the subject of how rude and mean people have become. This remains on my heart. You may not think that some small action that you do has any repercussion but it does. Maybe someone bumps your cart in the grocery store and you get mad and say something rude to them. Before you act please think. Maybe that lady is distracted and someone she loves is in the hospital and she is rushing to get something for her kids to eat so she can get back to the hospital. That person waiting on you at the grocery store is on her 10th hour of work and everything hurts, plus the last 6 people have been mean and impatient making her feel worse. As a society we are so self involved that we have all but stopped trying to show any compassion or empathy for anyone else. Does it really cost you anything to show kindness, so what if that person doesn’t deserve your kindness. Walk away on the assumption that you showed some kindness and caused that person to show kindness to the next person, one small chain reaction. Everything we do causes small chain reactions and wouldn’t it be great to start a positive one instead of a negative one? Chain reactions gain momentum so wouldn’t we want to set of kindness that escalates? We are offered up many opportunities in a day to change things and we have to be more aware of out actions.
I work in a hospital so I deal with people at their worst. I have a thick skin and never take rudeness or bad behavior of the patient personally. People don’t feel good and come to us for help, not our judgement. I have witnessed nurses rude to the elderly because the patient was trying to stand for the 10th time during their shift. What the nurse fails to recognize is that elderly man has a lifetime of being independent and doesn’t want to be an issue but he really has to pee. He isn’t doing anything with the thought of inconveniencing that nurse. Every patient I have I see as someone in my family. What I mean is that that young man is like my son, how would I want a provider to treat my son if he came to the ER for help? That old lady is like my Grandma, I would want my Grandma treated with dignity as I am sure anyone would. If we could just start thinking that others behaviors are not aimed at you, it is a product of what they have been going through. Stop taking everything so personally. At the end of each day we have to think about all of our encounters during that day, were they positive ? Or did I contribute to spreading negative emotions ? I am not saying that you have to pay for someone’s groceries or coffee etc. I am just saying think about your words and actions. Be nice, it doesn’t cost you anything, absolutely nothing. You benefit from being kind, it does help you stay healthy. Your behavior says everything about you, not the other person. How do you want to be known? Baby steps!
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