Back to the gym!

Everything happens for a reason, or at least, that's what I'm told. Sometimes, we aren't quite clear on what that reason may or may not be. Sure, we can all sit here and try to make one up, but do we really know? Everything happens for a reason, or at least, so they say. But is that phrase really just meant to be words of comfort when things just don't go our way?

One of my kids earlier said "school is good, job hunt is good, so why am I so unhappy?" I broke it down for him in the simplest of terms. "you're a teenager and that comes with a certain amount of angst." Of course, what I didn't tell him is that he is so unhappy because he chooses it. If someone told me that many years ago, I'd have slapped them silly through my monitor. I didn't then, as he doesn't now, have the wisdom to fully understand just what that phrase means.

Of course, he tells me that knowing this doesn't help him much. I told him the truth rarely does, it's what one does with the truth that makes the difference. Of course, that got me to thinking. What if, things really aren't happening for a reason? What if it's what we do with what happens that is the reason? Did that make much sense? Probably not.

It's like I told my boy. It isn't the truth that matters, it's what we do with it. When LiveWork was sold, for many of us, it was the end of something fantastic. I mourned my loss for a couple of weeks, then put on my big girl pants and got over it. I still had my other job at the time, and so I decided to focus a bit more on me for a while. I started working out and eating healthier and the next thing I knew, I had quit smoking, lost 15 pounds, and I had a totally different personality. I had the personality of someone I could grow to like if they weren't so damned joyfully irritating! I was still me, but without the social anxiety, or the high strung ball of stress I had become in my life.

No, it isn't that everything happens for a reason. It's what we do with that reason that truly matters.

Anyway, I'm tired and I'm rambling yet again. I do that at times, as most of my readers are well aware. One of these days, I'll actually post a halfway coherent blog posting. Until then, go be the reason!