Once in a while it's good to look in the rear view mirror

When you're driving, you mostly keep your eyes on the road in front of you, right?  However, occasionally, we know we need to glance in the rear view mirror, too.  I think that the same can be said about our lives.  We don't want to spend TOO much time dwelling on the past, but a little reflection can be good now and then.

For me, that means that most of the time I have my mind and actions focused on my goal of losing 120 pounds.  However, once in a while, I need to think about how far I've come and what it's taken to get here.  This becomes motivation to keep going, especially now that the finish line is WAY closer than the starting line.

Adam, my navigator and coach for this journey, always says that there's nothing that two people can't accomplish together -- especially if one of them is God.  After running the 5K this weekend, this is what he wrote to me in an email:

Less than a year ago, you had trouble walking for very long, or even worse going up a few flights of stairs..... You just "RAN" an entire (3.1 mile/5k) F***ing Race! Let us not ever let anyone tell us what God can't do!


Load it up Sister!, cause we're about to burn thruogh this final 30!  "Let's Lock It & Load It!"

I am so lucky to have such a good friend and motivator.  Thanks, Adam, for reminding me to look in that rear view mirror!  I've got my foot on the accelerator now... buckle up, baby!