2013 | Day 31: APPRECIATE EVERY MOMENT

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

APPRECIATE EVERY MOMENT

EVERY single moment in your life is SIGNIFICANT. There is SOMEthing to be learnt from EVERYthing you experience, no matter how small or large it is. Sometimes the BIGGEST life lessons we learn come from the SMALLEST things, events that we might not even recognize at the time.

Life throws things at us we are not always PREPARED for. It knocks us down when we LEAST expect it. It takes the wind from our sails just when we thought we were sailing on SMOOTH seas. It does this so that He can see how we RESPOND. He wants to see what we are made OF.

There is a LESSON in EVERY experience we go through, every PERSON we encounter on our journey of life, every time we FALL down, every time we make a MISTAKE, every time we get HURT and feel like we will break, every time we come to a crossroads and realize that we ARE only human and cannot do everything on our OWN. The lesson might be one in HUMILITY, ACCEPTANCE, GRATITUDE, or something else, but no matter WHAT it is, it is VALUABLE in our mission to become the BEST that we can possibly be.

You might not always UNDERSTAND it at the time. You might not always ACKNOWLEDGE what is happening. Just remember that EVERYthing happens for a REASON and in time, if not now, you will SEE that reason and KNOW it.

APPRECIATE life. APPRECIATE every single moment that you have on this earth. APPRECIATE every breath you take, every morning you wake to a new day and are given another chance to “get it right”. APPRECIATE those around you and the love that you have. APPRECIATE that you are special to HIM and He values you. APPRECIATE and you’d be surprised at the way your life can CHANGE.

© 2013 Rosie Chee

2012 | Day 175: I'll be Your Angel

MOTIVATIONAL OF THE DAY

How Much DIFFERENCE We Make

Just because we are alive does not give us the right to live selfishly - well, we have that CHOICE, but it’s not our PURPOSE here. We are alive for a mission - our purpose is to help OTHERS become better, whether we do that through sharing our life’s story and message and experiences, or just aiding another with something they are new to, struggling with, need, and more.

We are here to help each other THROUGH life, so that we ALL become better than we were, moulded into the people we are MEANT to be, an ultimate version of ourselves.

When you speak or act, don’t do it to see what you can get out of a situation, but to see what you can GIVE to a situation. You may never know the full truth of anything, or how your interaction with those involved will change the course of events - if it does. Every word, every action, conscious and unconscious, has an impact, whether we know it or not. We may never see the results of that impact - it could be small or it could be great, but it is MADE; and once we have done something it cannot be UNdone.

Once you realize that life is not for living only for you, your whole perspective can CHANGE. Especially as you realize that living with a purpose makes a difference not only in others’ lives, but in YOURS as well.

To quote Rick Warren, “Living on purpose is the only way to really live. Everything else is just existing.”

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TRAINING

HIIT Run:
a. 4 min jogging
b. 8 x 20 sec sprint/10 sec easy
c. 16 min jogging

Stretch 20 min

OTHER NOTES

Sleep: Went to bed just before 1930 last night (yes, I was THAT shattered!), sleeping deeply on and off right through (with a period between 2300-0045, when I was awake and up) until 0700 this morning. Definitely needed the sleep, but still felt exhausted on waking.

Energy: Not a lot today.

Quality of Training: Just a single [HIIT] session today. Feeling hamstrings - from Monday's training or riding my bike everywhere again. Body just exhausted during HIIT, feeling my lower legs being stressed - notice this on Monday on the treadmills, actually, so going to minimize treadmill usage henceforth. Just did less sprints today and continued on with some jogging.