What has motivated me to exercise for so long.

What I want to bring up in this post is something very particular about me, about the way God made me.

As you all know I have been posting on Facebook in the month of January what was my motivation to exercise today. I guess that is maybe why you are reading this post now.

As I had mentioned before, my goal is to get people inside my head so they may can copy me (not saying this is an arrogant way) but in a way of, what are the thoughts that have been processed in my mind to give me an positive outcome – to not just think about it, but really to DO it.

I know you must think that you have thousands of obstacles, health, financial, commitments among others. But believe me I also do.

I want to introduce to you Claudia, my 9 years old version of myself. Getting to know her you will see the way she was shaped and maybe learn the thoughts of that young pure soul.

That thoughts I had when I was little they were wise and childish. They didn’t know no limits, but they were respectful of myself. And on that sweet innocence I would open the yellow pages – no Google back them – and started to look for clubs. All I really want was a place to train, to exercise, to learn to do new movements and sports.

That fire that I had, that search, I see on so many adults and still on my self sometimes. We say to yourself: I would be so happy if there was something more than lifting weights in the gym, maybe a place we could dance or learn how to ice-skating. But as a kid you think there is only places like that for adults, and once as adults, you think those activities are only available for kids.

My guess goes that our soul is unsatisfied because we are looking for a place, but the harder true is and here it cames “YOU ARE THE PLACE”

Once we realise that this magical place that will have the perfect activity for you, in the time that suits you, that will have the best friends for you, and that this place will be forever near you, forever moving with you as you move houses, cities and countries DOESN’T EXIST. Once you realise that this is been a form of idolatry of your heart. You won’t live the God’s true that is. You are a temple of the Holy Spirit.

Back to my life I come to understand that doing what I loved wherever I was started to create what I wanted.

So for example as I started school I would spend the break time doing handstands and cartwheels. What motivated a couple of my friends to join me. (we would do the handstands against the wall, one in front of the other, opening the legs, so would have wall left for us all to do) this simple play generated the PE teacher to see us and to start teaching gymnastics after school hours – (our school didn’t have the material, so together with a friend we went to a neighbor school and bored all the equipment, we carried it all in our shoulders mat by mat)- that act, generated competitions, lots of learning and a good foundation for our little physical bodies, we even started help to teach.

The playing soccer in the park, generated friends that did introduce me to soccer and volley ball classes that were available and I didn’t know.

I guess if you can take anything from this post is: we are called to be doers and not to wait when cames to aspects of looking after our bodies.

We have to start to create what is right for ourselves, for our bodies. To learn what was it that drove you. That made you do it, once you find that sparkle you will keep igniting it.

Once you act on the above the gains are really infinite, will last you a life long, because there will be no more limitations for you to put on yourself. There is no excuse or barrier, you are free for life. Because you have you, and you are that special place. The place for the Holy spirit to live.

You won’t have the frustration of gaining weight or keep with a no ending fight of notting is available for me, or this time of my life is just impossible to focus on my myself.

Summarising all the above. First understand that YOU are the place doesn’t matter where you are, your age or your limitations. Second became a Doer, and find out what turns on that sparkle so you easily can keep lighting up. And the gain for your life is forever not seasonal, your body will always be the temple if you allow it to be.

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