#fallbackintoshape2017. Day 12. I am excited about the consistency of working out every day for 12 days and the feeling of accomplishment and confidence that comes with it. I did a bunch of sumo squat kicks today, a saddlebag workout (I think that might be my favorite area to target because that's where I want to see more tone), and an inner thigh workout. Oh that I were a runner. It'd simplify this routine so much. But I'd definitely get bored. Trying a new workout every day and repeating the ones I love is actually getting me excited to get up in the morning. And these posts are what is keeping me accountable. 

To keep my mental game strong I've been reading a lot about life and love and how we as humans relate to each other. It's been good for me to reflect on my own emotional state and to step back and observe more closely how I respond to different situations and energies. 

The quotes today are again from A Return to Love by Marianne Williamson. The first: "Relationships are assignments" (107). She talks about how there are no accidental meetings and that every person that we meet is placed in our life with a specific purpose. The two obvious being - to lift us or to challenge and possibly strengthen us. I love/hate that. It puts a huge amount of pressure on my daily interactions. However, it also helps me to take better accountability. Am I doing all that I can to make sure my interactions with people are positive and that I am doing what I can to serve others - no matter how they treat me, no matter how I'm feeling and no matter what the circumstance is? Because if there is one thing the world needs a bit more of, it's love. And service. The selfless, go-out-of-your-way, no strings attached service. The Ellen kind. The kind that walks around in others shoes all day before thinking about your own comfort/lack thereof. 

The second quote: "Relationships are eternal. They are of the mind, not of the body, since people are energy, not physical substance"(108). I believe this. And I know that the world would have a serious paradigm shift if we all saw each other's spirits versus each other's faces. If we spent more time focused on interacting with each other instead of avoiding one another, quit using our phones, headphones and other devices as buffers, and had actual conversations with the people around us, our culture would begin to change. We would learn so much from and about each other and even more about ourselves. Helping each other would no longer be a decision to be weighed against time and resources. It would be instinctual. It would become as habitual as yawning when we're tired or scratching an itch. 

We can do better. We must do better. We are all in this together. 

Love to all. 

J