How is your spirit today?
One day a father and his rich family took his young son on a trip to the country with the firm purpose of showing him how poor people can be. They spent a day and a night at the farm of a very poor family. When they got back from their trip the father asked his son, "How was the trip?"
"Very good, dad."
"Did you see how poor people can be?" the father asked.
"Yeah"
"And what did you learn?"
The son answered, " I saw that we have a dog at home and they have four.
We have a pool that reaches to the middle of the garden, they have a creek that has no end. We have imported lamps in the garden, they have the stars.
Our patio reaches to the front yard, they have the whole horizon."
When the little boy was finished, his father was speechless. His son added,
"Thanks dad for showing me how poor we are."
Isn’t it true it all depends on the way you look at things? If you have love, friends, family, health, good humor and a positive attitude towards life — you’ve got everything……You can’t buy any of these things. You can have all the material possessions you can imagine, provisions for the future, etc., but if you are poor of spirit, you have nothing.
I have had an incredibly trying day today, much happening in the business sector - moving offices etc and I have had to try to stay incredibly focused today and get the important stuff done, I started with a great workout and that always makes things better somehow…
Did my legs today….
Barbell squats…………………50kgs x 3 sets x 10 reps(good form today - getting better)
hack squats…………………110kgs x 3 sets x 12 reps, 50kgs x 3 sets x 20 reps
walking lunges…………….24kgs x 3 sets x 30 steps
leg extensions……………….30kgs x 3 sets x 10 reps
step ups…………………..16kgs x 3 sets x 20 steps
plie squats…………………..18kgs x 3 sets x 20 reps
plyo lunges……………………3 sets x 16 reps
bulgarian squat………………15kgs x 3 sets x 20 reps
Did a bit of abs inbetween during rest periods on stabilty ball, I was really wet after this workout but somehow typing it up here it seems so little.
I’ll leave you with this thought by Helen Keller…
The marvellous richness of human experience would lose something of rewarding joy if there were no limitations to overcome. The hilltop hour would not be half so wonderful if there were no dark valleys to traverse.
Awesome day to all..
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June 4, 2008 at 11:03 am
Great message once again! You really don’t know what you have.
wow! Great workout Melinda! Your legs will be sore tomorrow! Have a SUPER day!!!
June 4, 2008 at 3:25 pm
thanks for the inspiration again today!
June 5, 2008 at 9:39 am
that was a great story .
if more of those kids like this you would have a high dorp out rate