Sunday Sermon!

Hello my loyal disciples! It has been far too long since I have written a Sunday sermon. I have learned a lot this week. My runs are starting to get slightly easier, and I suppose that I do not dread them as much as I used to. I have decided not to increase my mileage for the month of May. However, I am going to be starting the 10,000 swing kettlebell challenge tomorrow. I wonder if it will be easier this time around. If I had to guess, I think it will be. Life's a rollercoaster filled with many twists, turns, ups and downs. I was feeling pretty down right after I got back from my vacation in Arizona. It took me a long time to realize why I was feeling shitty. It was because I was not doing the things that I should be doing. I was not exercising enough, and I was not writing for the church. Every time I fail to live my truth, or fail the simple test of eating clean, and working out my soul suffers. That down, depressing feeling is a reminder that I was squandering my precious time doing the wrong things. Another thing that I have learned is I still have a lot of work to do in the arena of  patience. The Church of the Chubby has only been in existence for five months. I want this community to be massive and have millions of members, but a dream like that takes a lot of time and requires a tremendous amount of effort. I am putting in the effort, but I have not put in enough time. I am still writing chapter one of a thousand page book. 

I am still in the process of building good habits and becoming their slave. When I look back on my many failures, I attribute most of them to not having enough patience or belief in myself. Pretty much everyone I know wants to be a muilti-millionaire, but very few of them have the patience required to make the dream become a reality. I truly believe that I have been getting a little bit better every single day. However, it does not always feel that way, and I often will think that I am failing in one way or another. Maybe I am, and that is okay. It is okay to fail, but it is not okay to give up. I have come a long way in 5 months, and I am very excited to see how much this community will grow in the next five months and how much better I will be in the next five months. I would like to leave you all with a quote before I go.

For success, like happiness, cannot be pursued; it must ensue, and it only does so as the unintended side effect of one's personal dedication to a cause greater.” — Viktor Frankl. To me this means you must trust the process, keep your head up and keep grinding. You will not be successful until you forget about success. You cannot chase success, just like you cannot chase happiness. It will come as a byproduct of doing things that improve your life or bring you joy. Thanks for reading! The battle against the chub rages on tomorrow. May the church of the Chubby reign supreme!