Anger Management

I started and finished my Christmas shopping last night, with the exception of maybe 4 things. I am so happy. I was reading a friends blog (Kami I just love you!) about how her mom was the most amazing woman ever and always brought such a fun sweet Christmas spirit to their home and I realized I wanted to be able to do that too. So I wanted to get my shopping DONE and out of the way so that that stress was gone, and I could focus on fun family home evenings, treats for friends and neighbors, holiday movies, Christmas lights and other magical things for my 5 and 3 year old. And husband, but he cares less than they do :) Or so he says.
I got a few things to make some treat plates for a few family friends and I am so excited to take the time (I have never done this!) to make some special things and have the kids help.
Besides the point I was at like 10 stores last night and this is what happened to really, seriously, almost ruin my Christmas cheer and royally Pi$$ me off. (Sorry but fo-real friends)!

I was at Costco and I notice a lady, a nice looking lady and her two high school age daughters. They are have quite a full cart and look happy and to be enjoying their time out together. That's all, I noticed them, noticed they were happy-that made me happy. Then I ran into them again back by the food section and I see that this nice looking mother is holding on to the cart and would probably be 5'6 if she were standing up straight, but instead she looks about 4'6. Why you are wondering? Well, something was physically wrong with her legs and each step she took each of her knees would almost touch the floor almost as if she were walking toe, knee toe knee. Does that make sense? My heart hurt. I thought, I have got to write a blog about this amazing mountain of a woman. She must hurt. She must have an extreme amount of pain, she must yearn to be able to go for a 2 mile walk, she must wish so bad she could do a squat, she must wonder why she ended up with a body that doesn't work like most everyone else's. The interesting part, as I mentioned above, was she didn't LOOK like she wondered those things. She look perfectly content, happy, and kind. I am only thinking that she wishes for those things because I would. I immediatly thought of all of us who take advantage of our perfectly healthy properly functioning bodies. People who can walk and choose not to, people who can run and choose not to. People who can maintain a healthy weight by eating healthy food and exercising regularly that don't.

What a waste, what a slap in the face to the Lord that we don't use our bodies and take advantage of them the way he intended. That woman really inspired me. She made me want to continue making my body healthy on the outside and continue working hard on the inside too, so I can look that beautiful, kind and content like she did.

A hour or so later I was at Target and I noticed a lady asking for a drivable cart-- she was an overweight person by about 75 pounds I would say with two little girls my kids age. Then her husband waddled (I do not say that to make fun at all!) over and needed the cart. The man was probably 200 lbs over weight. He was huge. Can you imagine the pain that his joints must feel? I do not know anything about this family other than what I saw at that exact time but I will be completely honest, my anger flared inside of me. He could possibly have a disease that makes him over weight, but I would venture to guess the cause is overeating, under exercising, and a sad inside that makes him feel like he deserves to be that big. From the looks of it--his whole body worked properly. He could walk if he wanted to, but I am sure that it hurts his feet, ankles, knees and hips to do it. He'd rather drive a cart. How humiliating for him, I imagine. WHY oh WHY wouldn't he take advantage of a working body and become an example to his two young girls? Why does he ride on a cart when the lady who can barely actually walk because of an obvious disability, walks clear through Costco?

My point is not to judge. There is a lot of mental and spiritual issues that go into a person that is that far overweight and I have no clue this man's circumstance. My point is to say to everyone, everywhere-- you can choose to be who ever you want to be. You can choose to put time into whatever you want, and you can choose to have overweight obese children or healthy children. You have so many choices--choices that not everyone else has. If you are someone that is taking advantage of your health--please hear my plea to make a small change here and a small change there--things you can live with forever. The best gift you can give YOURSELF and your family for Christmas is a healthier version of you..