Beginning our journey
June 1st 2009 09:55
Yesterday was as about as bad a day as a married couple can have. I'll do my best not to give too many details because frankly, it is not something I would want everyone to know. I will say this. My wife and I seem to be growing apart, but as I really look at our relationship there is no doubt in my mind that there is love there. I simply think we have been hit with a lot of blows over the last few years and try our best to keep a strong front and end up taking it out on each other.
Neither one of us is happy with who we are at the moment or where our lives are, yet through it we have been able to be parents to two amazing young boys who love their Mom and Dad above all else. I believe we are doing a good job with them but we could be doing better because we have let our unhappiness with ourselves start to effect us too much. So today I am starting a blog that will document our journey to finding some joy in who we are as individuals. And here is how we are going to do it.
As with so many things it starts with how we look at ourselves and how we perceive others to look at us. Unfortunately, recently we have both had it confirmed that not only do we look at ourselves as fat and out of shape losers but, so do some of the people closest to us, those whom you would expect to accept you as you are. Well today we are going to start changing that, by changing ourselves and getting back in shape.
We are not naive in the health and fitness game, we know what to do but have had a hard time actually getting it done lately. We are both military vets who have had our fair share of physical pain over the years and for lack of a better explanation don't really want to hurt so much any more, but our need for a happier life with a high self esteem is far greater then our desire for an easygoing life. And hopefully with an improvement in each of us individually we can begin to improve our relationship with each other and show our boys how to be happy with themselves as well.
So, as I said today is the beginning. Wish us luck.
Neither one of us is happy with who we are at the moment or where our lives are, yet through it we have been able to be parents to two amazing young boys who love their Mom and Dad above all else. I believe we are doing a good job with them but we could be doing better because we have let our unhappiness with ourselves start to effect us too much. So today I am starting a blog that will document our journey to finding some joy in who we are as individuals. And here is how we are going to do it.
As with so many things it starts with how we look at ourselves and how we perceive others to look at us. Unfortunately, recently we have both had it confirmed that not only do we look at ourselves as fat and out of shape losers but, so do some of the people closest to us, those whom you would expect to accept you as you are. Well today we are going to start changing that, by changing ourselves and getting back in shape.
We are not naive in the health and fitness game, we know what to do but have had a hard time actually getting it done lately. We are both military vets who have had our fair share of physical pain over the years and for lack of a better explanation don't really want to hurt so much any more, but our need for a happier life with a high self esteem is far greater then our desire for an easygoing life. And hopefully with an improvement in each of us individually we can begin to improve our relationship with each other and show our boys how to be happy with themselves as well.
So, as I said today is the beginning. Wish us luck.
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