Fun while you are exercising gets better results.

Fun while you exercise is a fine line for most people because that "no pain no gain" mantra keeps getting in the way.  I see it at the club, for most people this idea of fun does not show up on their faces while they are doing their exercise. It looks all so serious because they are seeing the exercise from the wrong position. When you exercise begin to see the exercise not from pushing a weight but from seeing how you are before you start 

Horton Hears a "Who"........Do you hear a "Who" in your life?

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There is a very insightful story by Dr. Seuss, the book tells the story of Horton the Elephant who in one afternoon while splashing in a pool located in the Jungle of Nool, hears a small speck of dust talking to him. It turns out the speck of dust is actually a tiny planet, home to a city called ‘‘Who-ville’’, inhabited by microscopic-sized inhabitants known as Whos and led by a character known as the mayor. His motto is "a person's a person, no matter how small". Unfortunately for Horton, he is the only one who can hear them so he is ridiculed and tortured by everyone, it's Horton against all of his so called superior others. He is challenged and is risking everything to save "Who-ville", but he knows the truth and he cannot give in to the forces of the foolish.

This is what happens to people who see and know things where others do not. From Einstein, to Gandhi to Buddha to Jesus to Martin Luther and others, it takes courage to step outside of the prevailing viewpoint. Many times you are the only one who "see" or hears the truth and so you have to carry the whole thing on your back until others start to "see" it as well.For any person to awaken from a life of being fooled is no easy matter, a reality has been built inside that does not feel quite "right" and so you go looking for the answers. Then one day you have an awakening that shakes your very foundation, but you know it holds deep truth. You then go out in the world to proclaim how beautiful it is and the world does not understand what you are talking about, you hear the voice within you but others cannot hear it. As you integrate to the new reality you may be overpowering to people, but that is how it is for you and no one can tell you otherwise, you bet your life on it!

So what is your "who-ville",  that inner voice you hear that others cannot? We all have a "who" to unveil to the world, when people finds theirs it touches the world, your neighborhood your loved ones.....everything. Keep going inward and outward toward truth, it is "here" but you have to listen intensely like Horton, stay true to yourself on this journey and the others will start to see it as well. Horton never gave in to the other forces because the truth is always more powerful and in the end the others finally heard the "Who's" and this sent joy through everyone. 

Peace+Zero,

Mark