Watching A.D. Adrian Peterson come back after a terrible knee injury and reconstructive surgery to lead the league in rushing–on a record setting pace–is a clear indication that I don’t work nearly as hard enough as a should. Not many people do. Back in 2008 Time magazine published an article about a Lazy Gene. I for one took the research with a grain of salt, but at the same time I know full well that once I am comfortable or doing something I find myself locked into a ritual of non-movement. Now that it is severely affecting my parenting, I know that I need to do something–anything–to get that body in full range motion again.
It is important to recognize that change comes slowly. The more difficult the change, the longer it takes. A super carrier at sea cannot spin around quickly, because there is a lot of mass to turn. Likewise, a person who has been one way for so long cannot suddenly become the other way. It too takes time.
I think that message is more for me than any others, because I am the person who always expects change to come overnight, and when it does not it is easy to become discouraged.