Nothing and Everything

There are two traits that determine the character of an individual, I announce to the group, one is your patience when you have nothing, and the other is your attitude when you have everything. 

How can we use that as motivation to wring as much quality from our session this morning as humanly possible? 

We are doing another high intensity interval set with ten second explosive blasts of power every four minutes and a two minute recovery after each. We alternate them - sitting one and standing the next. It is a classic opportunity to check in with one’s degree of commitment and ability to measure and manage performance in real time. I take advance of heightened awareness caused by the sudden release of endorphins to attempt extrapolation of some meaning from this mission. 

Patience, yes a virtue, also connotes your wisdom of the human situation, our very genetic composition and our hard-wired inability to leverage it for our advancement. We are a notoriously impatient species. We all know that enhanced fitness and overall good health takes patience, as I think all of us have successfully, at one time or another, conducted experiments indicating this is something that will not occur overnight. We must be patient and that leads us directly to the door where secret number one is stored. Patience is the key that unlocks the door of consistency. And consistency is how we continually improve. Right now you have (metaphorically) nothing. Add patience and you have something, add consistency and you have a whole lot of that something. 

That whole lot of something, can, might, could, should end up being everything. Whomever said that good health is 90% of happiness, was correct. That person, in my estimation was also a pessimist as I see good health and optimum fitness as closer to 95% of our universal goal of happiness. This wholesome goal - not money, fame or power - is the meaning of life according to a guy known as the Dalai Lama. 

Continual practice along the path to awareness and gratitude gifts us with patience. If we are fortunate enough to see this as our personal proving ground, our dharma, the tao of our existence, it becomes the very flow of our consciousness, our unique contribution to our spirit, our community and our global tribe. We are not motivated by greed, ego, dominion over others or the exploitation of our natural resources for financial gain. Cleanliness of Spirit is next to Godliness. 

Next, I continue as the group energy rises, if we have preformed well along that pivotal path converting this precious knowledge into the wisdom of action, we might (could, should) one fine day have the opportunity to witness our response to our personal inventory finding us as having everything. That place where attitude indeed is everything. 

Have patience, be consistent. Let’s warm down and stretch.

Attitude is everything. Great job today.