Sunday, August 21, 2011

It Would Never Happen Where I Come From

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/08/german-boy-complains-to-police-about-doing-housework/1?csp=34news&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+UsatodaycomOffbeat-TopStories+%28News+-+Offbeat+-+Top+Stories%29

I read this story, and had to push my chair back. I needed room to laugh. Here is the story: An 11 year old boy in Germany called the police to report forced labor after his mother had asked him to "tidy up his room." He needed more free time.

Now I don't know where you are from, but I am from a little town in south Georgia. My daddy knew the police, his brother was the chief. If I had so much as considered calling to complain about "forced labor" I promise you that the next day I would have been begging for all the forced labor that was available. When my parents gave me a chore there was not a question about doing it.

Where I am from "tidying up your room" was easy. There were jobs available in the sun at Wight's Nursery, there was okra to be cut, tobacco to be broken, peasand tomatos to put up. Have you ever sat with your grandmother and cleaned corn or snapped beans on the swing on a hot summer afternoon?

The heat in the summer in my little town slips up to 100 degrees easy by noon. So any out door activity besides hitting the city pool could really be considered "forced labor," but I promise you no body is going to attempt to call it that. The folks that I grew up with just got it done. Forced labor was so much better than the consequence of questioning anybody about doing any type of work.

Work in a good thing. My daddy always said, "If you don't have blisters you didn't work hard enough." Free time is so much more appreciated when you have worked hard and perservered through any effort. When did work become a bad thing? Even God worked 6 days and then rested. I guess He must have been from my little town too.

Monday, August 1, 2011

Find the Fun!

Well, today was back to real work! I was up and out early this morning. I have decided that no matter what else is going on in life- I have to find the fun in every day. Some days I have to scrounge around for it. There are some days that I want to give in and get old and ignore the fun that is happening around me!  Life is too short!

Today I had to report to work, but I still wanted to have fun.  I decided that getting there would be my fun! I rode my bike all the way! It was nice and cool early in the morning. The road for me to get to work is under construction so I had to take a detour. This led me right up Masters Road past a horse and also 2 deer. What fun! It was a super way to get the day started!

After a full day, I headed over to My Fitness Solutions to work out with Tracy. Today was a leg and core workout. I worked really hard. I pushed weights heavier than before and held my plank for what seemed like days, but it was only 1 minute and 13 seconds. (My PR so far!) As I was gulping down my water after my workout I thought, "Now that was BIG FUN!"

It took me about 45 minutes to workout with Tracy. It was challenging and uplifting! Nothing is as fun as making a goal and beginning to realize that you are going to make it! Fadi, Tracy and Rebecca are helping me! They are taking the guess work out of it and executing a perfect plan that really works. I wish all my friends were with me, then it would be even more fun!

No matter what you have on your to do list for tomorrow, make sure that you find the fun!