Unexpected Motivation

Sometimes motivation can come from where you least expect it.

Take yesterday for instance. I happened to pop onto Twitter and see that someone had posted that they were going to challenge themselves by doing 100 crunches each day for the next 7 days. I don't know what possessed me, but I quickly replied "I'm in!" and began asking others if they were interested. If you have been reading my posts lately, you know that I have been dragging ass lately - and perhaps this was just what the doctor ordered.

I must take a second and apologize at this point, because I didn't mean to turn someone's personal challenge into a group event. However, I do believe their is strength in numbers. Thanks for being a good sport and letting us tag along!

Now it's day 2, and the one has become six. One person inspired SIX people to get up off their asses and work just a little harder to reach their personal goals, whatever those may be. That is amazing. It's the power of social media. It's the power of our new found era of digital friendships that can be as real as the ones we had with out childhood friends - mostly because we can easily find others that share our same goals, our same dreams.

I may only have 270 or so followers, but go ahead, ask me about any one of them. I can probably tell you their goals, their ambitions, their faults, and perhaps even what their favorite healthy snack is. I know because I reach out and try to help when I can. I care. I care because no one cared when I was struggling. I care because few others will. I care because I feel everyone should.

We are all in this together. There is a strength we can all hold onto when we work together and help each other. Let's keep pushing everyone. Do it for yourself. Do it for each other.