I heard an amazing story the other day. A friend of mine told me this. She was teaching an evening class at a university a few years back and she happened to notice a very shy (and very large) middle aged woman sitting in the back of the room.
Near the end of the class, she approached this woman and they started chatting. Seems this lady was a bit of a recluse, 38 years old, no friends, lived alone, pretty introverted. But she had to the courage and interest to come to the evening class.
Now, this woman was quite overweight and had attributed her currently life problems of no friends, etc. to the fact that no one wants to spend time with 'someone like her'.
My friend flat-out disagreed with this and suggested that they start doing some basic walking together each day, just to hangout and get to know one another. The woman nervously agreed.
Two years later, this woman has lost ALL of her excess weight, is slim and fit, although she does have one knee that has problems due to her previous weight. But she lost her weight via simple walking - every, single day - no matter what the weather was like outside, she did her walking without fail.
Now of course, her and my friend are very close as one would expect, and they take trips together each year. This year they're heading to New Orleans. Last year they went to Las Vegas. These are 'just for the hell of it' trips.
Now how cool is that!? I absolutely LOVE that story. Just with simple walking and a strong promise to herself, this woman totally changed her life. She has more friends now, is extroverted, and is loving every minute of it.
I'm sure she was unsure at the start, didn't know what was going to happen, etc. But she did it anyway.
Courage, confront and a DECISION TO DO IT, despite the tough odds - it wins every single time. :)
Near the end of the class, she approached this woman and they started chatting. Seems this lady was a bit of a recluse, 38 years old, no friends, lived alone, pretty introverted. But she had to the courage and interest to come to the evening class.
Now, this woman was quite overweight and had attributed her currently life problems of no friends, etc. to the fact that no one wants to spend time with 'someone like her'.
My friend flat-out disagreed with this and suggested that they start doing some basic walking together each day, just to hangout and get to know one another. The woman nervously agreed.
Two years later, this woman has lost ALL of her excess weight, is slim and fit, although she does have one knee that has problems due to her previous weight. But she lost her weight via simple walking - every, single day - no matter what the weather was like outside, she did her walking without fail.
Now of course, her and my friend are very close as one would expect, and they take trips together each year. This year they're heading to New Orleans. Last year they went to Las Vegas. These are 'just for the hell of it' trips.
Now how cool is that!? I absolutely LOVE that story. Just with simple walking and a strong promise to herself, this woman totally changed her life. She has more friends now, is extroverted, and is loving every minute of it.
I'm sure she was unsure at the start, didn't know what was going to happen, etc. But she did it anyway.
Courage, confront and a DECISION TO DO IT, despite the tough odds - it wins every single time. :)
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