This is the final installment of my success in life series. How better way to end this series than to talk about inspiration. We all want to be inspired when it comes to getting motivated to exercise, or even in general, motivated in life. But, it is actually more important, and rewarding, to be an inspiration to somebody else.
Here I am last weekend in Fargo…running the 5k with my daughter Molly. I was running to help get her through, but she was my motivation for the day. There is nothing like coming across the finish with your arms raised in the air with one of your kids! The highlight of my weekend!
We all have those things that inspire us in our lives, but for me, nothing more than my own family!
Here was my son Nick after finishing the half marathon! He was pumped! He had never run a half before, and he totally took charge…and had fun doing it!
Nothing brings more joy to me than seeing how my kids get along, and how all of them help to take care of themselves and exercise. This picture of me with my twins when they saw each other for the first time after spending their first semester of college apart from each other…a first ever! They had tears in their eyes they were so happy to see each other…
…This of course put tears in my eyes! Nothing makes me as a Dad more proud then to see my kids get along with each other! I owe a lot of that help to my wife Sarah! Of course, our kids see how we get along, and care for each other, that this starts to rub off on them!
This is one of the views Sarah and I had when we were in Hawaii celebrating our 25th Anniversary! The view takes your breath away. Sometimes we all need to do that as well…stop and take a look at the big picture…figure out what is important in our lives, and then continue to work at it. That is what is inspiring! But you have to keep working at those things in your life! Nothing comes easy. The old saying anything worth having is worth fighting for…nowhere more important than here.
So, life, just like in a race or walk that you may enter, needs to have a start point!
Don’t limit your challenges! The sky is the limit. We are limited more by our own minds than our bodies!
Just remember to keep looking ahead, and focusing on where we are going, not where we have been!
Keep moving everybody! Be an inspiration to somebody else, and you will be surprised at how inspiring that can be for you! That is truly success in life! Now I am challenged to come up with some other ideas that maybe will be an inspiration to somebody else as well, and maybe help motivate them into taking better care of themselves, and work on their exercise and health. That will be my continuing ongoing challenge…and if it may help somebody else, that is what inspires me!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 3166
