What 2020 has taught me so far

We are 4 months into 2020 and I've learned a lot about myself and weight loss.  To be honest Weight loss is at a stand still and I'm ok with that for now.  I've learned that it is harder to forgive those who hurt your loved ones than it is to forgive someone that hurt you.  When Heavenly Father said you will find Joy in your posterity, that is so true.  There is nothing that makes me happier than my cute Grandson.  Even when he is upset, he touches my heart and puts a smile on my face. I just love him!

July 24, 2020
Covid 19 put me into a rut or I guess I should say I put myself into a rut because of what I thought about Covid 19 and what it is doing to our world.  Christy told me about a talk and in this talk the guy said that in a catastrophe there are 3 types of people.  The first 10% of the people are go getters and they figure out a way to solve the catastrophe. 80% of the people are stunned and don't know what to do they need someone to tell them what to do.  The last 10% of the people freak out and make the catastrophe worse.  I've thought a lot about this talk.  I've listened to it over and over again and I decided for the longest time I was in the 80% of the people.  I've been walking around not knowing what to do and that includes my food.  I don't like not knowing how to handle things.  Christy then told me right now we are pioneers, we don't know what anything will look like, we are marching along trying to figure it out as we go.  That is what is going to happen this school years.  I'm going to be in the 10% go getter and I'm going to make things happen.  How am I going to do that you might ask, I'm not sure, but one thing I do know is I'm not going to sit around a wonder what to do.  I'm going to meet with my students online, I'm going to have them read to me and I'm going to teach them the best way I know how.  I'm going to figure out an eating plan that will work for me and help me achieve my goals.  
I just finished a triathlon.  What a great feeling!  During Covid I decided to start training for it and then I found out it was cancelled.  One of my friends asked me if I was still going to try and do it, I wanted to no matter what, so we started training for a triathlon that we would do on our own.  She had some things come up and was not able to do it, so I decided I still wanted to do it. I told a couple of friends and they had a few surprises up their sleeves.  On my bike ride, one friend got a group of young women to come cheer me on.  When I saw them, the joy I felt at seeing them is hard to describe.  It made me so happy to tears.  When I saw them and heard their positive words cheering me on, a surge of energy hit me that I knew I could do it.  I felt their love and support and it pushed me on to do my best.  This experience made me think of the world we are in right now, We all need people cheering us on, we need to be cheering other people on, we need each other.  If there is one thing quarantine has taught me, humans are a social people.  We need each other! So here is me cheering you on no matter what issue you have in life.  You can do this!  Find a way to change your thoughts and conquer that dilemma you are in.  You can do you, ask for help, someone will have the answer for you, you just need to talk to someone you love.  IF I CAN RUN A TRIATHLON, YOU CAN CONQUER YOUR FEAR!  Remember fear is the enemy.  

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  1. tnlluntAugust 3, 2020 at 8:57 AM

    Lena you are amazing ' thank you for sharing all of this ❤ it really does inspire me to keep going. Some days I feel like I'm in too deep of a hole (with health & weight loss) to ever get out. But you make me feel like I can actually do it

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