For those of you who hate Mondays………
Well lets just forgive our supernatural creator for being gracious enough to let us have yet another week on this Earth! People who don’t like Mondays are just so ungrateful for yet another chance to fulfill their dreams and destinies – its blatant disrespect to human life – so you don’t want make the tedious trip to your same old job – atleast you have one – maybe you change places with some starving children in Ethiopia. You cant be bothered to make the trip to the gym and reaffirm your commitment to your health – well then maybe you should change places with a disease instead.
Lamenting about Monday is old and so over with – become grateful for another opportunity to make a difference in the job you have or proactively start to seek other opportunities. Don’t drag yourself to the gym – run as fast as you can and go honour your commitment to your body – have some respect for the temple of God. You may have been the one that died this past weekend in a motor vehicle accident but no – your life was spared for a reason and no that reason is not so that you can put your sullen face on and just get the day over with. Your life was spared so that you can make a difference somewhere – so you can gaze upon your beautiful children’s faces and show them the love in your eyes – so you can tell your husband or wife how much you appreciate sharing their lives – so that you can be grateful for the salary you are getting paid instead of sitting unemployed and destitute.
Today – yes this very day, 1.3 billion people earn less than a dollar to live on. Half of the worlds population live on less than two dollars a day. Compared to them you’re already so wealthy. Many of the worlds poor would sacrifice a kidney to trade places with you – as financially strapped as you might think you are. In truth because of your health, citizenship or education opportunities, you’ve already received a vast blessing – you’ve won the lottery.
So its time to get over yourself and start living with gratitude – start with a smile and never complain about a Monday again. Live with anticipation of great things and that is what will come your way! Have a fabulous- smiling – laughing out loud Monday!!
I worked my lovely back today - yum.
10 PULL UPS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
THEN 8, THEN 5 - I am recording this date, I have waited so long to say I can do 10 pullups - they were wide grip, maybe not the greatest form but I tried my best to take it slow and all the way down.
deadlifts………………………..55kgs x 3 sets of 10, 10, 8
t bar rows……………………..30kgs x 5 sets x 5reps
latpull downs…………………..45kgs x 5 sets x 5 reps
close grip cable pull downs…………..45kgs x 5 sets x 5 reps
seated cable rows…………………..45kgs x 5 sets x 5 reps
dumbell rows…………………….22kgs each honey x 5 sets x 5 reps (per side)
standing lat pulldowns………………..20kgs x 3 sets x 10 reps
back extensions………………10kgs x 3 sets x 10 reps
I’m feeling pretty happy today, 10 pullups - Now this is why I love Mondays - a chance for a new beginning!!
May 19, 2008 at 9:04 am
I like Monday’s but this morning started off bad for me. I just had to take a deep breath and say "I control how I feel today not fate, not chance, ME!" I like the workout keep it up and always great blog.
Big James
May 19, 2008 at 9:20 am
yeah for you, baby steps go far along the way. Hope you have a great week.
May 19, 2008 at 10:25 am
Congratulations on the 10 Pullups, Melinda! That’s a real milestone that a lot of people can’t reach, even on this site. What you’ve done is not just accomplish the task, but show others that it can be done with the right attitude and work ethic. Awesome job! Now, time to start working on 20!
May 19, 2008 at 10:42 am
THat is a great accomplishment Melinda! Congratulations! And your blog as always hits pretty close to home. Thank you for being such an inspiration
May 19, 2008 at 11:14 am
Stopped by for some motivation and got it. In fact…we are on the same page this mornning…I sent a "TGIM" motivational email to my organization this morning
And, I had a nice - tough chest tri workout this morning- looks like you had a good pulling day!
May 19, 2008 at 11:47 am
I love the verbal slap Melinda. It’s something that people need sometimes. Life is awesome so live it.
btw - Congrats on the 10 pullups! That’s no small feat at all. You’ll be doing weighted pullups in no time!
May 19, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Excellent Blog! Discontent breeds discontent, negativity breeds negativity. It’s like POW’s in vietnam used to say, when they were first integrated into a camp they had nothing. Therefore they were first thankful for life. Then they might get a few grains of rice they were thankful for, then maybe an old pair of shorts (yes they started off naked), then maybe a shirt…so on, and so on. I try to remember to be thankful and positive everyday, as it is the first step towards making a true difference with everyone of these precious days God sees fit to bless me with!
May 21, 2008 at 7:06 pm
Congratulations on the big ten!
May 27, 2008 at 12:11 pm
What an inspirational blog,
Mondays will never be the same for me again!!
Thanks, Melinda !