How many of you said, “THANK YOU” this morning, for getting up, having the strength to walk around, and carrying on with the day?  I did; actually I do that every day.  Not trying to preach here, I just know how to accept that I can still do that.  Some people can’t.  A person that I really don’t know, but she came from my home town, Peoria, Illinois; she went on that cruise, recently, that a fire broke out, and everything stopped.  Time, destinations, and hope.  Took several days for the cruise to come to port.  This person that I am talking about, had to be helicoptered out, thought she…

How was breakfast today?  I’m assuming that you DID have breakfast.  Or, am I assuming too much?  Living where I live, sometimes I, (we) assume too much.  I know that when I get up, something is going down my feeding pipes.  Not everyone can say that.  For some, eating 1 meal a day, or even 2-3 days, can be a luxury.  Sometimes I forget how blessed I am for indulging in 4-5 meals per day.  I am blessed; and I should NEVER let that slip my mind, and neither should you.  In our society, our media/programmers/way-of-life tendencies, can make us take for granted the treasures in our lives.  It’s certainly…

Who changed their fit-ness?  Doesn’t have to be major, just something that make sense.  We’ve mentioned this before; something simple can be very effective.  Short and effective; simple!  Start thinking about 20-30 minute workouts, and you say ” where do I start?”.  Just start thinking about body parts: chest, back, arms (triceps/biceps), whole lotta legs!  I know, easy for me to say that, but where do we start? Do any movement, let’s say getting out of a chair.  You have to stand up, so you see how you extend your legs to stand.  Basically, you’re doing a squat, probably one of the most important moves that your body can do. …