Perspective and Personal Bests
This weekend has been an interesting mix of things for me. It included a healthy dose of perspective on life, and a personal best in my newfound love: swimming.
Perspective was bestowed upon me by the supreme blessing of shooting photos for a family who's little one had lived a mere 74 minutes on this earth. I volunteered to do this for the family, thanks to their bravery of reaching out and asking for help. I did not know them, but now I do. I went into it not knowing what to expect, and a little sad of course. And came out of it having gained so much. Baby Louis has blessed my life and I will forever be changed. I was blessed with the gift of perspective: no matter what, no matter how terrible I think a situation is: I did not have to lay part of heart, soul and body to rest. I did not have to feel the pain of that or the longing and pain associated with a life not lived. And for that, I am grateful. I will squeeze my little lady tighter and be more kind and gentle because of this experience. I am forever grateful to them for that.
Onward to personal bests. They're the coolest type of opportunity to experience introspection and celebration. It is a chance to say "I never knew my body could do that," and "I wonder WHAT ELSE it is capable of doing?" (because, really, thats where my mind went afterward). I would never have pushed as hard as I did today without my FANTASTIC training partner, Travis. He literally finished his swim, and sat on the edge cheering me on. And believe me-my wings were TIRED. But having a fantastic support team is over half the battle. For they believe in you when you even remotely doubt yourself or your body's ability to finish. My team is TOP NOTCH, most notably Travis and Stephanie. So, with that, I swam an entire mile today. HOORAY! I am pretty excited to get going into the triathlon world, so I will continue adding distance, doing speed and working on my other sports as well. With my awesome support team by my side, I have no doubt I cannot complete whatever I set my sights on.
So, I leave you all with two pieces of wisdom that this weekend has taught/reaffirmed with me. First, situations are rarely ever as bad as our minds tell us they are, and there is most assuredly someone who has it worse than you at any given moment. Secondly, you are capable of so much more than your mind allows you to believe. You won't know until you try (and with the right support, you will reach the stars).
Have a blessed Sunday.
Kara
(Happy Ol' Me commemorated my accomplishment)
Perspective was bestowed upon me by the supreme blessing of shooting photos for a family who's little one had lived a mere 74 minutes on this earth. I volunteered to do this for the family, thanks to their bravery of reaching out and asking for help. I did not know them, but now I do. I went into it not knowing what to expect, and a little sad of course. And came out of it having gained so much. Baby Louis has blessed my life and I will forever be changed. I was blessed with the gift of perspective: no matter what, no matter how terrible I think a situation is: I did not have to lay part of heart, soul and body to rest. I did not have to feel the pain of that or the longing and pain associated with a life not lived. And for that, I am grateful. I will squeeze my little lady tighter and be more kind and gentle because of this experience. I am forever grateful to them for that.
Onward to personal bests. They're the coolest type of opportunity to experience introspection and celebration. It is a chance to say "I never knew my body could do that," and "I wonder WHAT ELSE it is capable of doing?" (because, really, thats where my mind went afterward). I would never have pushed as hard as I did today without my FANTASTIC training partner, Travis. He literally finished his swim, and sat on the edge cheering me on. And believe me-my wings were TIRED. But having a fantastic support team is over half the battle. For they believe in you when you even remotely doubt yourself or your body's ability to finish. My team is TOP NOTCH, most notably Travis and Stephanie. So, with that, I swam an entire mile today. HOORAY! I am pretty excited to get going into the triathlon world, so I will continue adding distance, doing speed and working on my other sports as well. With my awesome support team by my side, I have no doubt I cannot complete whatever I set my sights on.
So, I leave you all with two pieces of wisdom that this weekend has taught/reaffirmed with me. First, situations are rarely ever as bad as our minds tell us they are, and there is most assuredly someone who has it worse than you at any given moment. Secondly, you are capable of so much more than your mind allows you to believe. You won't know until you try (and with the right support, you will reach the stars).
Have a blessed Sunday.
Kara
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