Carpe diem!

Seize the day.

I’m try­ing to live by this mantra. A year ago I couldn’t walk, sit, or even lie down with­out being in a ton of pain. Even doped up on Vicodin. I longed to be active. To run. Jump. Climb. Now, after eight months of pain, five months of rehab, and count­less hours dream­ing of bet­ter days, I’m able to do most everything!

The prob­lem is I too often find myself tired and search­ing for moti­va­tion. The stress of work and from a body that’s still heal­ing are remain­ing chal­lenges to over­come. Yet there will always be obsta­cles. I can’t let these stop me from enjoy­ing a phys­i­cal life.

One great moti­va­tor is read­ing some of the blog posts that I wrote while lying in bed. As I read the posts filled with hope and long­ing it all comes back to me. I remem­ber the feel­ing of being trapped, unable to do much of any­thing. I was left only able to live vic­ar­i­ously through read­ing books about run­ning and watch­ing videos of moun­tain climb­ing. I’m sud­denly hit with an emo­tional punch that I am now able to do the very things I could only dream of. It’s a good kick in the pants to get out the door.

When moti­va­tion is wan­ing, think back to a time when you couldn’t do as much as you can now and seize the day. Make it hap­pen folks!

Carpe diem! What are you going to accom­plish today?

Image by Tim Hagen.

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