I want to be runnin' when the sand runs out...

Today I was inspired by one of my favorite bands (thank you Rascal Flatts).  I woke up this morning with a slight headache due to a few glasses of vino with some co-workers last night and I missed my morning workout.  Not my best day.  But, I was reminded that my goal to feel better goes way beyond a dinner plate or a gym.  The Rascal Flatt's song "Sand Runs Out" came on the radio.  The concept of the song is that some of us go through life without ever living it and before we know it, our time has run out.  Usually I just hear the tune of a song and don't pay much attention to the words (for example, I caught myself singing "sticks and stones may break my bones, but chains and whips excite me" during a recent dance party with Mia...going to have to watch what I listen to from now on).  But today I really heard the message of the song.  The words really struck me.

The thought of running out of time and chances really scares me.  I always tell myself that I am going to make changes and then I don't make them.  I don't know why I don't make them.  I just don't.  I could tell you that I'm just too busy with a husband, and kids, and a full time job. A house, friends and family to see, and then there's always sleep.  And it is true that I am busy.  But I know from experience that when I want to do something, REALLY want to do something, it gets done.  Just ask my husband.  It drives him crazy.  So I have to wonder, does that mean that when I don't follow through that I didn't really want to make the change in the first place?

There is one part of the song that goes as follows:

Cause people do it everyday
Promise themselves they're gonna change
I've been there, but I'm changing from the inside out
That was then and this is now
I'm a new man, yeah, I'm a brand new man

I realize that making a lifestyle change has to go way beyond what I put in my mouth or sweat out of my body.  Taking better care of ourselves has to come from caring more about ourselves.  Otherwise, what will make the resolution stick? 
Until next time...