effecting change

Because the intention of effecting change is that it will be long-term...
Because it takes more than one try to actually effect a change.... 
Because I'm human (and you are probably too) and tend to throw in the towel when I'm not successful by the second or third try...
Because change has everything to do with the establishment or destruction of habits...

Real change requires having goals.  The kind that you're so serious about that you actually write them down, look over again and again, and work on.

Real change is evaluation at the end of the day and recommitment the next morning.  It has something to do with being hopeful in the midst of failure.  It has everything to do with gratitude for the greatest sacrifice, which makes it possible to leave our incomplete, unhappy, filthy, ignorant, or otherwise tainted selves behind and work toward better things.  As mentioned before, this kind of change brings happiness.  Happiness --pure and independent of outside sources.


I'm too self-conscious (the next pitfall to overcome) to disclose my short-term goals, but I will tell you that change is coming s-l-o-w-l-y.  Ever so slowly.  So slowly that I'm sure nobody has noticed but me.

However self-conscious, I will share a few minor results:
1.  I can walk like a normal person again!  I wear my favorite pair of shoes everyday just to remind myself how much I love walking.  Now on to bigger and better things.  Like running.

2. Nature's treasures turned artwork by Nolan.

3.  Turbo Jam has me enamored.  It is everything I hoped it would be and even more sweat than I expected.  And that's a really good thing.