Easy Happens Through Hard Work

Okay.  It's confession time.  I am an all or nothing kind of girl.  I don't do things half-heartedly.  I either give it all I've got or I don't do it.  It makes me very loyal.  It makes me very dependable, because I get the job done.  However, this all or nothing approach to life doesn't benefit my health.   Even a little exercise is better than none at all, right?

It's not easy.  Today, I did my workout in my classroom, after school, all by myself.  The same classroom in which it is posted, "We don't do easy. We make easy happen through learning and hard work."  

I've been doing this Refit workout since January; it was easy today.  But, I've been working at it.  I started with 2 songs and only a 10 minute workout.  Now, I'm to a 45 minute workout and considering becoming a Refit instructor.  

But, things don't come easy, naturally.  The bible speaks of a man name Jacob.  Jacob loved a girl named Rachel.  Jacob agreed to work for Laban (Rachel's father) for seven years, in order to earn her hand in marriage.  Seven years!!  Well, Laban, loving the free help that he received through Jacob, tricks him upon that seventh year into marrying Leah (Rachel's sister) instead! What does our lover boy, Jacob, do? He works ANOTHER seven years to get Rachel!  Now, that's hard work!

The same thing is true for Christians.  God says that the way to follow Him is narrow.

So, what do you want to make easy in your life?  Recently, my husband and I were told that we make marriage look easy.  But, that's not true either.  That happens through hard work, too.

You see, just like my all or nothing concept, some things are worth working for and worth fighting for.  What do you wish to fight for?  What's worth working for? What's worth letting go?  Make your decision and give it all you've got!

 

It takes about 4-6 weeks to get in a routine of something and create (or break) a habit.  

You can do (almost) anything for a year.

If you can do it for a year, it can become a lifestyle.