Goal Achieved !!

Last month I had my last training session and check in at the gym. I have reached my goal!!  I have lost over 15 pounds, quite a few inches and I feel pretty good about it all.  Not only has my 4 months at the gym given me a healthier body, an improved look but it has also shown me that sometimes when we try new things we can be pleasantly surprised. I was so sure I did not want to join the gym and have a trainer but I have totally enjoyed it and hope to continue on. I will admit it is not always easy to make myself get up out of bed at 5 am and get down to the gym and it will take even more will power to continue to do this now that I have reached my goal, but I do not want to lose all that I have gained nor gain all that I have lost. J My trainer at the gym has been so great and so much fun that I shall miss having her harp on me to keep doing more and more exercises but I have my program and it is time to fly solo and carry on. After all at my age one shouldn’t need someone to “whip” them into shape.

So I have set some new goals for the gym and it is probably time I set some new goals in my life. I am not really one to set goals but I believe the time has come, otherwise I think life could just pass by and be over before I know it. I want to live life and not just live. Time goes by so quickly and I always feel I still have lots of time in my life to do the things I want to do but one never really knows do they. There are no guarantees in life that I will get a tomorrow. So what to do, what to do? What can be my next goal....what do I want to try to do that is new and exciting that will help me to grow as a person.

In the last month I have had two support people in my life tell me to make lists. One person suggested I list all the things I enjoy doing in life...the other person suggested I list all the skills I have plus all the things I like to do in life but do badly. I have created these lists and they are very short. And I still don’t know what I want to do, what next goal I need to reach. In the last couple of weeks I have also had two people tell me that I talk so much that I answer my own questions. So...maybe it is time to get back to meditation and prayer, to be quiet and to listen. Hopefully God will gently whisper in my ear and guide me to a new goal and a new challenge. I shall remain hopeful.