Half-empty

As I was leaving the gym after a very ordinary workout, I found myself smiling. The reason ... because I was in a room full of people who had no smiles. It didn't matter if it was the treadmill, the elliptical trainer or the free weights. There was not one grin or even a smirk.

This was a huge contrast for me because I tend to be a "glass half-empty" type of person. I don't tend to write about the rosy, cheery aspects of life or my faith. I find I'm more comfortable grinding on about those rigorous aspects of my inner and outer life.

I guess I was smiling because I could do it. It always seems to strike me somewhere in the workout that it is a privilege to do it. There will be a time when I can no longer grind it out. A workout may consist of a shuffling lap around some nurse's station. If so, I want to have the same attitude that I have now ... that I can do it.

1 Kings 15-16