At one of our Friday meetings after the Games, Carey started talking about our quarterly goal setting meeting. She said something though with such emotion that really struck me. She said, "All we have is time and are we wasting it? I'm not fulfilling my purpose if I am wasting away precious moments. There are no guarantees on tomorrow." If you have experienced losing someone close to you, you know exactly what that feeling is.
One of my childhood friend's mother was diagnosed with pancreatic and liver cancer a little less than 2 years ago and passed away last Friday morning. They had 2 years to enjoy every moment with her. She told her family that this cancer was going to HEAL THEIR FAMILY and make them appreciate every second. Differences that were there before all of a sudden didn't matter and the family was brought together again. In the end, the cancer did heal their family and changed each of their lives.
Jake Thompson with Compete Everyday has an awesome mission on competing for life and how that ties into your daily CrossFit workout. You compete because you CAN and because life is worth it. You compete because life matters and every second matters. You embrace the pain, the good times, the rockiness in the middle and the feeling of success when you finish. That's what life is all about. Jessica Sharratt also recently wrote a blog post on why we do such hard workouts in CrossFit. It's because you can. Because you are able to. Or as Prefontaine, one of the most amazing runners of our time, would say, "To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." That brings me to the question-- are we doing our best in life?
On Saturday we had the ribbon cutting for the Habitat for Humanity House. After months of hard work, a deserving family now has a beautiful home that they can call their own, care for, and begin new memories. I wasn't sure why, but I felt like I needed to be there for this event. When I got there it was 100 gazillion degrees out with no shade and no breeze. I was second guessing my decision until I saw the families and I saw the future families that will start a new build soon. I was really overtaken with emotion.. happiness and joy for them. This will change their life and all it took was a small effort on my part to help them reach this goal. I felt the need to give more to others right then and there. To branch out and do things that I normally wouldn't do. To embrace life more.
Why is it so hard to pick up the phone to call family and friends that you haven't talked to in a while? Why do we let these moments continue to pass us by? I've woken up to this in the past few months and realize that life is not to be taken for granted. That life is happening every second of every day and if we aren't careful, it will pass us by in a few blinks.
It makes me so grateful for all the amazing things in my life. Here are just a few things that I am grateful for today.....
Enjoying a simple night with my closest girls, being there for someone in need, working out hard every day because I CAN, trying a new hobby for fun, spending time with someone that makes me spontaneous, forcing myself out of my comfort zone, and enjoying a cup of coffee on a Sunday morning with those closest to me...
This is what life is about. And it's happening now. Embrace every moment of it! Go out to dinner with that friend even if you're tired, call your grandmother, play ball with your dogs, cook a new recipe, start a new project/hobby that you have always wanted to do, give to a stranger, smile through bad times... and remember to laugh at yourself!! Relax, breathe, take a step back and see the big picture. There is so much to be thankful for in every stage of our lives.
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