{"id":226021,"date":"2019-07-24T21:34:44","date_gmt":"2019-07-24T21:34:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lisademmi.com\/?p=226021"},"modified":"2019-07-26T13:38:34","modified_gmt":"2019-07-26T13:38:34","slug":"veterans-and-small-magic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lisademmi.com\/veterans-and-small-magic\/","title":{"rendered":"Veterans and Small Magic"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"First off, I don’t want to mislead you. This blog post is not really about veterans. It’s about sore knees, team work, and trust.<\/p>\n

Last Saturday I ran a mud run. No big deal you might think. Good for you. Here’s why it’s significant.<\/p>\n

25 years ago or so, I weighed 231 pounds. That’s 231 pounds on my 5′ 4″ body. You do the math; that’s almost a half a pound per inch. I was round, uncomfortable, and really just unhealthy. I lost the weight and have kept it off mostly for the last 25 years. I learned to eat better, to exercise, and to take care of myself a little bit more.<\/p>\n

Fast forward to 2019, I have found CrossFit, Paleo, and am generally a more healthy person all around. That said, I will likely never be an elite athlete. I don’t want to be. I live on this planet and I want to enjoy my time here. Sometimes, I eat too much, I drink too much, and I do things that would not be considered healthy. Everything in moderation, yes?<\/p>\n

OK, yes, Lisa. But where’s the magic?<\/p>\n

Great question. A few months back I agreed to do a Mud Run<\/strong> with my people from Post 9\/11 Veterans<\/a><\/strong>. I am on the board and part of our mission is to get out with veterans and do things together. I might be biased in saying this but it’s a great group of people and the mission is solid. So, back to a few months ago…you know how you agree to do something and it sounds good at the time? Then you get to the day of and you start thinking “what was I thinking?” That was me. Yes, I work out. Yes, I’m much healthier. Yes, these are my friends who I love. But run a 5k that starts at 9pm that includes obstacles and mud? What was I thinking?<\/p>\n

I did try to get out of it but I conceded and I’m glad I did. I chose doing the run and let go of that obstacle (see what I did there?). Then I just decided I would do my best. AND that’s what I did. While I couldn’t do all the obstacles (I did all but three), I did do many that I thought I wouldn’t be able to do with help from my team. AND afterwards, muddy, tired, and hurting a bit, I could not have been more proud of my team and even more so, of me.<\/p>\n

You know, I am always going to experience challenges in my life and I am always going to have some fear of not being able to do something new. But I will never stop challenging myself to do more than I think because the feeling of conquering yourself is one of the best feelings you can have.<\/p>\n

My goal that night was not to be the best on the course. Instead, my goal was to be the best me<\/strong> on the course. and that is exactly what I did. That was the Small Magic<\/strong>. I just kept putting one foot in front of the other until I got to the finish line.<\/p>\n

\"\"What’s next? I don’t know yet. I only know that there is something. AND I will conquer that too.<\/p>\n

Here’s the kicker. I made it to that finish line but now the finish line has moved farther. I have to challenge myself a little more for the next time. And as I sit here with ice on my knees three days later, I look forward to whatever that next challenge is. That 231 pound me could NEVER<\/strong> have done something like this.<\/p>\n

Now, I have. And I know that I am capable of so much more.<\/p>\n

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