Hurdles

Athletics was never really my thing - team sports yeah... but running around a track and trying to jump over things um no thanks - mostly cause I just seem incapable of it. Like in high school I tried High Jump. I landed on the bar in the same place every time, resulting in a black butt! haha:)  Watching me run probably seemed like Now hurdles - well I have a feeling I managed to avoid having to attempt them [or I tried and it was so traumatic that I erased it from my memory]. If my life in general is anything to go by I probably would just run into them head on, not to mention my actual inability to jump much at all as my college mates will enjoy confirming for you. 

Yesterday I raced into the 'hurdles'. It was another day of slumping in front of the tv, being lazy and eating junk - worse than the day before because I felt even more tired and a little miserable [you know when you feel like you're on the verge of a cold]. I barely even tried to jump over some of them cause really I didn't want to try. Just in case right now you want to jump to my rescue cause you think I might be too hard on myself, or just have pity on me - no need:) I am just telling it like it is. I don't feel guilty from having an off day, because the swap project is ultimately about choosing to draw closer to Jesus/Life, not scoring how well I do each day with my choices. That is actually liberating - it makes it easier to choose well even after choosing poorly. There's a passage in the Bible that I find helpful in this:

Speaking of 'hurdles' and sports... there's a another side to it that is important: the people on the sidelines or even running the race with you who are cheering you on. I imagine that those in Olympic races who stumble on a hurdle or fall while running or hit a 'wall' in a marathon are able to keep going partly because they choose, partly because they have the end goal in mind, but also because there are people with then energy, passion and love to push you on with their cheers of encouragement and pointing the goal out to you in all that. So if you are in need of a cheer squad count me in! Just comment here or use The Swap Project facebook page. Feel free to join my cheer squad too:) I called my sister yesterday when I wanted to get out of my 'rut', just talking to someone about something completely different helped me.

The other cool thing is a new day! So I enjoyed having focus today:)