The Myth and Madness of Intensity...
Day 33
Intensity Can Never Replace Consistency…
I’ve gained weight since my last year making 2016 the comeback for cholesterol. Angry with myself I’ve returned to the gym determined to put a stake through the heart of my cellulite. The self-loathing is only intensified by my own impatience which is immense. These feelings race through me like hot greased lightning pumping passion into purpose as I jump into my gym clothes and head out to go spin!
You can almost hear the Rocky music in the background can’t you and like the length of the movie is about how long my workout routine was this week, 90 minutes. Which is a decent amount of time in the gym for one day but that shouldn’t have been the only day this week. You see the problem I have is consistency. I can come out like a bolt of lightning and like lightening I tend to only strike once or maybe twice sometimes (LOL).
Right now, I’m working out a solid 3 times a week which is great if I just want to halt the progress of my hips expanding but if I want to win the war against being overweight I need to take the battle to the bulge. I know what I need to do in regards to losing weight but the key is not to focus on my fat. I can’t afford to give my attention to something so superficial.
Don’t misunderstand me getting healthy is very important but my priority is the total enhancement of me. I’m working on self-improvement from the inside out, from the spirit within to the skin I’m in. focusing on forever instead of the misery of this moment.
I’ve found that when I can take the long look at the journey the pain of any point in time is less intense. The intensity can be its own addiction as we allow the excitement and adrenaline rush race through our veins. Let’s face it, it’s more fun to be intense, the passion pushes spice into our mundane life, creating a high-octane story full of impulse, action and drama.
The problem is the crash that comes after the redbull runs out of your system. We have nothing left to take us the rest of way to win. We come out the gate like the fast and furious to end up left alone limping because we don’t have the lungs for the long haul.
I know being consistent can be considered boring, mundane or routine, but if we are developing the strength to attain and maintain our dreams we must build a strong base. We simply can’t sustain anything substantial with the fiery heat of the honeymoon. The patience of purposely loving ourselves or that significant other requires disciplining our desires.
We have to consistently work on our core issues strengthening our core. Developing the patience to wait on God’s will to make a way, when we just want our way. Building tolerance to ignore the press of my flesh that wants me to panic. The extra weight can cause me to worry so I need to create the faith to focus past my fat and my fears.
It is my belief that those of us covered in extra skin suffer from the sin of low self-esteem in spades. The self-induced inflammation of extra inches insulates us within insecurities only fueling our impatience to instantly find a cure. But this is a trick to take our attention away from attaining true success.
The truth of the matter is we need to walk out our faith to fight a war against our weight. This is a series of strength training not a day of detoxing! When you think about all the emotions we have allowed to run wild causing chaos, how could we think we could overcome the insanity of being overweight overnight?
I’m not just talking about our physical health, I’m saying we are obese emotionally and spiritually too. Yeah, I know I’m stepping on a lot of toes today but we need to recognize there is more at stake than the reduction of our cellulite.
We worry about the temporal when we are meant to be eternal but if we work eternally we can achieve things supernaturally. There is more to us than meets the eye, if we can just take our eyes off the superficial and focus on what is really significant.
The power is in patiently pushing ourselves to slowly overcome every obstacle that stands before us gradually making us greater. Sprinting towards success is the quickest way to run towards the insanity of addiction. Building the peace, the power, the prayer is how we move those mountains of madness in our lives, becoming an example instead of a statistic.
The strength to sustain, the endurance to attain, the commitment to maintain all comes from the person that refuses to quit! Make the commitment to yourself today and never look back, we may have to adapt, modify or rearrange but we never stop moving and we never quit! Success comes from a season of sacrifice, not a seconds of insanity!
