This weekend my husband and I went to see a body building competition. Never would we have ever thought to do this in the past, however I good friend of ours was competing.
When she first told us, we thought she had gone crazy. What close to 50 year old women, with multiple children would want to put her body on display? Or even to put the effort into building those muscles and refraining from the things we all like wine and desserts?
After seeing her on stage, we could not be more impressed. She looked amazing! Lean muscles dripping with confidence. She strutted across that stage and she deserved every bit of applause she received. I think she looked better than most of the 20 somethings competing. But it wasn't so much the body building as it was the fact that she put her mind forward to do something, something extremely difficult demanding determination, persistence and will power. She did it.
It seems we rarely see that determination and dedication any more. How many times do we hear or even say " I'm going to ..." and then when it gets too difficult we quit with some rational on not enough time or not the right time or why bother. Our friend is an inspiration. We should all feel the need to look at ourselves and pick a challenge. Most importantly to follow through on that challenge.
Congrats to my beautiful, determined friend.
When she first told us, we thought she had gone crazy. What close to 50 year old women, with multiple children would want to put her body on display? Or even to put the effort into building those muscles and refraining from the things we all like wine and desserts?
After seeing her on stage, we could not be more impressed. She looked amazing! Lean muscles dripping with confidence. She strutted across that stage and she deserved every bit of applause she received. I think she looked better than most of the 20 somethings competing. But it wasn't so much the body building as it was the fact that she put her mind forward to do something, something extremely difficult demanding determination, persistence and will power. She did it.
It seems we rarely see that determination and dedication any more. How many times do we hear or even say " I'm going to ..." and then when it gets too difficult we quit with some rational on not enough time or not the right time or why bother. Our friend is an inspiration. We should all feel the need to look at ourselves and pick a challenge. Most importantly to follow through on that challenge.
Congrats to my beautiful, determined friend.
Congrats to your friend for having determination and follow through on doing something for herself!
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