Perspective

I just wanted to post something that I have been thinking about a lot lately. It's something that I seem to always come back to but get easily off track. It's perspective. Just the mere fact that I and my fellow triathletes can participate in this great sport is a gift all on it's own. Just the fact that our basic needs are being met to the point that we can actually focus on somthing as luxurious as getting fit and fast. This is something I am truly thankful for. How the hell am I so lucky that I can do this stuff? There are people who don't know how they will get their next meal or where they are going to sleep tonight or that just lost a loved one. I admit that I often go down a road of laser focus with blinders on while I train like crazy. When I'm in this mode it's easy to lose site of the big picture and get hung up on small challenges and hurdles. I would like to get better at balancing the laser focus with the above perspective which yields a ton of gratitude.

I also want to give thanks to-

My family for being awesome and working through challenges together
My wife for putting up with me when I get that laser focus and don't hold up my end of the deal (i.e., being a dead beat husband)
The people around me who try to act from the heart in a world of bureacracy
The people that are trying to help our planet even at the smallest act of just trying to drive less.
This could go on all day.


Stream of consciousness over now