This past weekend, about 50 of us went through the fire, as we do each year, at a 3 day Tae Bo®
Re-certification camp that pushes you to the extreme mentally, physically and spiritually. Why do we all go to such great lengths to attend such a thing? Because we know what amazing growth and love comes out of such a camp. Each camp is different, each reaches you and teaches you in different, wonderful ways. It forces you to deal with YOU, deep inside, and it isn't always a pretty thing! There are so many things to touch on, but will focus on one for now.
Can you be miserable and be in God's will? Well heck yeah! I can say there were some moments in camp that I was quite miserable, but sure know I was in God's will. When God asks us to stay in a difficult situation, He provides a special grace for us to get through it. The key is we have to trust Him and have faith that He will, find joy in the situation so that that HE is our strength to get through.
On our last day of camp at our class with the public, there were about 7 brand new people who had never taken Tae Bo® in their life. Shellie let them all know that the class would be stepped up since they were in a room full of instructors and to go at their own pace if it was too fast. They looked a bit nervous, but they were brave and willing to take it on. Our bodies were pretty much gone from Saturday, so it was all Spirit going on in this class and sometimes, I think that makes it better, because you know that all that is coming out is your heart and soul; no flesh. We all struggled and the new people just did what they could and kept going. We were all motivating each other!
Then there was BOB. Bob was also a new student and he arrived dressed with black tube socks and a head band. He had such a great smile and attitude and the minute you saw him, you just had to smile big! He was ready to take this class on full force and with so much JOY! He worked through it like all of us, only he had such joy in his face and always lifted my spirits when I looked over at him. He would goof around and be silly, but hey, it is about having FUN!
Just when I didn't think I could do one more front kick to lunge, Shellie changed it up and challenged us to do moving machine gun kicks. I was thinking about our first timers and what they thought about this! You know what? They went for it! They didn't know anymore than what they learned in that hour, but they bravely got up in front of everyone and machine gun kicked the best they could. Then Shellie was doing flying side kicks and they would do it too! It was crazy! Most people would not have even attempted it, but they were made to feel empowered to be able to do it and did it. It inspired my socks off (even with raw feet, the socks came off)!
BOB, aka Tae Bob® then took over and started doing this Russian dance down the line in front of everyone and then picked up Shellie and said, "I KILLED THIS!!!!" WOW! It was amazing!
Now, had we gone through the entire fire filled camp with his attitude, how much more could we have grown? How much more could we have absorbed and taken with us?
Bob and the other beautiful new students who attended that Sunday morning class, I want to thank you for blessing this instructor and inspiring me.
No comments:
Post a Comment