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Tweet A reader sent me a great question recently. He wrote: Do you think Christians should flash their lights to warn of cars on the road of an approaching radar patrol…
I believe physical health is important for the leader. I have written about this before HERE. I know there are times a leader can’t do anything about his or her health, but if there is an option, the leader should strive to be healthy. It makes me more productive when I feel better physically.
Recently I lost 10 pounds to get in even better shape.
A short history:
I’m 47…I feel good…and I’m in good shape physically. I run almost everyday. I monitor my weight and I eat semi-healthy. In my mid thirties I got slightly overweight, about 15 pounds, and decided to do something about it. I worked hard to reach my ideal weight and stay there consistently for almost 10 years. In the last 18 months, due to stressful, fast-paced living, and lots of traveling, I added back another 10 pounds. I tried what had worked before to lose the weight, but nothing seemed to work.
Some call it a middle-aged spread.
The story:
On March 30th of this year, I had lunch with my friend Michael Hyatt. I hadn’t seen Michael in a couple months and instantly recognized how well he looked. He had obviously lost weight. He is slightly older than me, so I knew he would probably struggle as I had, so I asked him for his secret. Always a teacher, Michael shared with me that he had been closely monitoring what he eats using the LoseIt application.
I had tried this application, but never disciplined myself to actually use it. This time I was determined. It worked!
Here’s how the LoseIt application worked for me:
Tweet “In that day I will restore David’s fallen tent. I will repair its broken places, restore its ruins, and build it as it used to be” (declares the Lord)…
I got to thinking this week…the life of a Tweet is so short…
It’s there a few minutes…then gone forever…
I decided to share them here gives them more life.
Here are my top 10, most re-tweeted, tweets this week:
Tweet Will this be my last post ever? It will be according to a recent prediction. It’s been the buzz all week, so perhaps you heard it. Christian radio host…
Some experiences’s just mold your character faster than other experiences…
Today, let’s share those experiences with each other.
Let’s do that by completing this sentence:
Sometime in a person’s life they need to experience ______________________.
Most people who know me well know I like to run…
I have lots of other runners around me…
I get many invitations to run with other people…
I occasionally do, and have enjoyed the conversations…
But I generally prefer to run alone…
Why?
Let’s write a story together!
We did this last year and it was a lot of fun. You can read our finished story HERE. Several asked if we could repeat it. I’ve picked up a few readers since then, so this is new for some of you.
Here is how this works: (Please read carefully)
- I will write an opening set up sentence.
- You add the next line.
- You can only add one line until someone else adds a line.
- Please don’t try to write one long sentence that really is a paragraph. The fun is getting the different inputs and imagination to work together.
- You can add as many lines as you want, but only one at a time, and only with someone else having a line between yours.
- Please try to keep the story flowing. Your sentence can be light-hearted, funny, or even tragic, but please DO NOT add a sentence that stops the story or takes it in a bizarre direction in an effort to disrupt the story serious that commenters are writing or take it in an awkward direction. (There’s always one like this and I reserve the right to delete the comment if it appears that’s what is happening with the comment.)
- I will not be able to use crude or vulgar comments. (I realize that will limit some of you from participating, but…)
- Please add your sentence here on the post as a comment, not on Facebook and Twitter. This is the only way it will be added to the final story.
The goal here is to be creative and see where our imagination and the story takes us, yet write a credible, interesting story. After comments seem to be slowing, I’ll post the entire story in a separate post. If you leave your full name, I’ll give you credit in the excerpts. If you have a blog link when you add your comment, I’ll link to you also.
Have fun!
Here is the first sentence:
There are some things we can’t change and some things we can. Learning the difference and adjusting accordingly is in large part one of the secret’s of a happy life. Let me list a few and you’ll see what I mean.