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Today and Destiny
Sep. 29th, 2009 11:58 pmThis may or may not have something to do with destiny, but today, I was talking to George, my maintenance man. He is a procrastinator. He said his weight on his drivers license is 230lbs. He is depressed that today, it's 330 lbs (he a big man in any case).
He keeps telling me he needs to join a gym, get a trainer, quit eating all the wrong foods, but never does. He's a bit hesitant about the whole gym thing. Embarrassed to go and work out in public and all. He finds excuses about paying for it and all (he makes good money tho).
But today he told me he is scared, he is going to die young. He is only 45. So after his ranting of the different gyms, and maybe agreeing with me to get a trainer, for awhile, to at least get started, I think he may. At least he is a bit closer to that step of doing it. I told him don't do what I and he sometimes do in life; Never finish what we get started.
He said, that I really had it made. I just fell into it. Got the job here, close to friends, found a gym, a trainer that is perfect for me (and at a great rate). It all seemed to work out. Fell into place.
Um. I guess he got me thinking about where I am, the downs and ups I've had. My sister and mom once said, that I always tend to land on all fours... eventually.
But I don't think it was a matter of luck. It's also a matter of choice, and of decision making. I really need to be pleased with what I have done, in my life up to now. It's not perfect by any means, but I do have the power to make it better or worse. We do make our own destiny I suppose:
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan -
He keeps telling me he needs to join a gym, get a trainer, quit eating all the wrong foods, but never does. He's a bit hesitant about the whole gym thing. Embarrassed to go and work out in public and all. He finds excuses about paying for it and all (he makes good money tho).
But today he told me he is scared, he is going to die young. He is only 45. So after his ranting of the different gyms, and maybe agreeing with me to get a trainer, for awhile, to at least get started, I think he may. At least he is a bit closer to that step of doing it. I told him don't do what I and he sometimes do in life; Never finish what we get started.
He said, that I really had it made. I just fell into it. Got the job here, close to friends, found a gym, a trainer that is perfect for me (and at a great rate). It all seemed to work out. Fell into place.
Um. I guess he got me thinking about where I am, the downs and ups I've had. My sister and mom once said, that I always tend to land on all fours... eventually.
But I don't think it was a matter of luck. It's also a matter of choice, and of decision making. I really need to be pleased with what I have done, in my life up to now. It's not perfect by any means, but I do have the power to make it better or worse. We do make our own destiny I suppose:
Destiny is no matter of chance. It is a matter of choice. It is not a thing to be waited for, it is a thing to be achieved.
- William Jennings Bryan -
