RESOLVE

There are many things that we mean to do, mean to try, mean to stick with. We succeed with some, but probably not as many as we would like. How many times have we NOT done something we resolved to do and then regretted it? Well in my case, literally the few weeks before my fall, I had resolved to finally buy some hiking shoes because there is loose dirt where I have started walking and there is some loose dirt around my chicken coop. I had been doing some investigating online and REI carries the best selection for the wide toe box shoes I need. I have since driven past REI twice, both times thinking, I really should stop, go in, try some boots on, and get a pair. But I didn’t. Why? Because I was too busy, too tired at the end of the day on the way home from work and kinda of in a hurry, they were most likely going to be too expensive, I probably didn’t really need them, and bottom line, I didn’t feel like stopping at those moments to even check them out. So many excuses!! If I had just bought the shoes and worn them when I was out by the coop, would I have still slipped on the loose dirt and gone down? Maybe. Maybe not. Clearly I will never know, but my gut tells me I wouldn’t have because I would have been wearing shoes with traction. That’s life. A series of successes and failures in our resolve to do something and then living with the consequences (still not able to put full weight on my foot, but at least the swelling and pain have plateaued).

So before you read further, the resolve to try some of the recommendations needs to be there. The resolve to do some of the things we know we should do and not do so many ones we know aren’t good for us. The resolve to persevere if the data is strong enough to convince us that something will be beneficial, even if we may not be overjoyed to do it. The resolve to restart when we inevitably fall out of our well intentioned routines.

That’s a lot of resolves. For this blog, the most important resolve is to want to be healthier, starting now…..