Exercise: This weeks inspiration for exercise is from my friend Veronique.
Veronique is a friend of mine who lives a very busy life, she owns has her own hair salon, in which she works on an average of 70 hours per week and she helps her father daily, who now lives alone. One day she was telling me how she has never missed a day of running; she runs 3 miles EVERY day. I challenged her by asking her if she runs in the rain, she said yes, in the snow-yes, when she is exhausted from life-yes…
Most of us would have given up running if it rains. and snows, so I asked her how can you stay so committed to running and she said to me, I run because my mom asked me to. She went on to explain that her mom was diagnosed with breast cancer several years ago, and during her treatments Veronique took her mom to her chemo and radiation appointments, she made her dinner and cleaned her house, she did everything she could for her mother. Then her mom asked her to do one thing for her every day no matter what, she asked her to run.
Veronique’s mom used to be an avid runner, and when she began her treatments for cancer she didn’t have the strength to run anymore, so she asked her daughter to run for her because she could no longer run. Sadly, her mom passed away a few years ago, but to this day Veronique keeps her mom alive by running for her everyday.
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