The Red Bikini Lady....

Body for Life Champion and Liftime Achievement Award Winner, Michelle Lee. "page-a-day" memoir of the steps I took during a journey to my first Body Building and Figure Competition and beyond. (c)2008 all rights reserved by blog author

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I'm at an age when many women believe their best years are behind them. I hope to convince my "Sisters" that many more of those "best years" are waiting to be lived! I'm living proof it is never to late to live them. Not to long ago I weighed nearly 200 pounds and was being treated for a long list of obesity related medical problems. Thankfully there came a point in my life when I decided to keep my self promises. When I did...my life opened to a world of possibilities.

Tuesday, July 19, 2005

Live it!

I have always been one to worry about the future. Those worries have resulted in a lot of planning, hoping and dreaming of how things will be when our son goes off to college, when we get our bills paid off, when we retire....believe me the list goes on and on!

For years I have been so tied up in the future that I often fail to enjoy today.

Living in the here and now isn't easy. It takes practice.
Since adopting the Body for Life lifestyle...each day I try to seize the moment to enjoy the beauty that presents itself. It maybe something as simple as looking into the eyes of a new born baby...or taking a moment to admire the beautiful flowers that someone toiled to plant. On occasion I'll find a field to kick back and watch the clouds float by and marvel at the glory of this world we live in.

The one thing I now know for certain...none of us is garunteed the future. We have today...maybe we'll have tommorrow. Now that doesn't mean we shouldn't plan. I continue to put away money in my 4o1 K...and dream of retiring to a warm and sunny place. I pay the bills and get my teeth cleaned so that I will have them when I am old.
But now I also focus just as keenly on today!

How do you plan to enjoy today?



1 Comments:

Blogger M. said...

Hi Jeannie,
ANy one CAN joing the RBS. My new website is under construction by a professional web designer and he claims it will be up and running in the next 48 hours.
When it is...I mention it again on my blog.
Thanks girl.
Take care,
Michelle.

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