Sitting among wisdom

Every morning after dropping my daughter off at school I end up at the gym about 25 minutes before my cardio class begins. During this time I sit in the lobby area where the senior citizens congregate. I love to hear them chuckling while drinking coffee and munching on pastries. They seem to be enjoying the simple things in life. I am always sure to carefully choose a seat that will not put me in a position to invade their space, but always in ears length of their wisdom.

I found that the golden souls (my nickname for seniors) could produce wisdom out of the most simplest situations. One particular day as I sat and intentionally eaves dropping, a group of seniors were engaged in a discussion about hard work. I was so excited about being apart of the air that shared that conversation.

One golden soul who looked to be in his late eighties or early nineties shared the importance of taking one more step after you feel as if you can't go any longer. He said " we are more powerful than we think we are and no matter what, we always have one more step In us. We simply must be willing to push pass the pain." He went on to state how young people today don't have the guts to push past the pain. "They give up as soon as a muscle aches and in my day that's when I was just getting started. You see, I wanted to prove to myself that I had the heart to take one more step.”

I was grateful to have experienced those words of wisdom. This is the truth, I thought. Yes! We are stronger that we think; however, it I so easy to lose heart at the first sign of pressure. We do have what it takes to push past the pain, to tell ourselves that we are stronger than our circumstances, to make it over the hurdle even when we believe that we have nothing left to give. When were dripping with sweat, our legs are shaking, our bones are aching and all we want to do is stop; we have the power to take one more step. We are powerful and owe it to ourselves to keep going no matter the obstacles that life will surely present.

Quitters are never remembered and they don't leave honorable legacies. Don't be a quitter. Give your very best at all you do and inspire the masses to strive on.