Yes it has been over a month since my blog post, so I do understand the humor in it being about laziness.
As I start my next attempt in a long line of attempts to lose weight I find my own laziness to get out and exercise is my biggest stopping point. (yes a bigger stopping point than even my belt has become)
The deterioration of my conditioning was shown to me very clearly as I "sprinted" to first base while playing my first softball game in years. Gasping for breath I couldn't believe how a short run could take so much out of me.
While I am reflecting back on my own laziness, it was the acts of two others that inspired me to write on the topic that forced me to take a look at myself.
The first act I witnessed on campus. While walking to the student union from my office I neared the door to see a student flick his cigarette on the ground and walk in. My only issue besides littering on my campus is that he was 10 feet from one of those cigarette disposal tubes. I would have said or done something but I was on my way to a meeting, and talking sense into someone like that would have required far more time than they were worth.
The second act I witnessed while at Cub Foods (I'll save the Cub vs Cubs rant for another time).
While standing in the checkout line I peered through the large glass window in the front of the store in time to see a large lady parked in the closest parking spot loading the rest of the things in her trunk. After closing the trunk she proceeded to push the cart over the curb and onto the rocks in the median directly next to her car, rather than pushing the cart 50 feet to the nearest cart return.
I could easily get angry over their laziness. Instead chose to seek out a valuable lesson: That sometimes it only takes few extra small steps to change myself, my environment, and how others see me.
Its going to be a beautiful night, I think I'll take a walk.
