"Priorities"

Q: What are you're priorities?
A: Those thiings that you put (do) first on a regular basis.

That may seem self evident but today I caught myself in the lie we sometimes live.  Sometimes we state our priorities but then totally disprove the statement by spending time doing anything but.  The truth is undeniable.  We prove our real priorities but what we "do"  not by what we "say"!

In my case it was about 5:30 pm and after a fairly busy day at my paying job I was scrambling around trying to winterize this place I call home.  I told myself that I would just finish with the RV--then I would have some supper--then I would quickly run up town and take care of an errand that needed done--then I would do my weights--then--then it hit me!  That's the same thing I've said to myself for the last several days in a row, and guess what?  I never did the weights because I would be just plain wore out from all  those other activities....activities that I don't state as a priority.

I closed the hatches on the RV, went inside and changed, and went downstairs and had a very good workout.  I'm pretty sure I will get back into it regularly.  I"m gonna make it a priority!

So what are your priorities?  Sit down at the end of any day and look back at what you did that day.  No matter how you may try to deny it, the fact is that your activities prove your priorities. Any talk to the contrary is just wind.

As I just about closed this post out one more thought occurred to me.  That perhaps these little lies we live every day about our priorities are a major impediment in our pursuit of happiness.  If we truly believe in a certain path, then why are we not on that path?

For example.

If my family is a priority but then I don't spend quality time with them, then it's only wind.
If my Ironman is a priority but I don't do the workouts, then it's only wind.
If I want to improve my body composition but I just ate a chocolate cake, then it's only wind.
If I state that money is irrelevent to my well being and yet continue to worry, then it's only wind.
etc.etc

11 km run-58 mins,  weights-60 mins

"A lot of people say they want to get out of pain, and I'm sure that's true, but they aren't willing to make healing a high priority. They aren't willing to look inside to see the source of their pain in order to deal with it."---Lindsay Wagner

....and I swear to God that I found the following quote by the grand master after I wrote the post!!! He says it all in 3 words.

"Action expresses priorities."---Mohandas Gandhi

Love
Peter