Encouraging Words

I went to the gym again this morning. And I was put in the "fit group". Again.

I did pretty good though I did voice my concern at being in that group.

I am able to jog a lot longer than I thought which is a good feeling. But running is whole 'nother story.

Danny (trainer) had us going at the speed of 6.0. For me that is running. Honestly, 5.5 is challenging for me. I can 5.0 pretty well but if you add incline, that changes things.

I'm still learning how to breathe while I jog/run as well.

The most awesome part about this morning was this girl Tameka. She is super fit, she is strong. And she was so encouraging toward me. When we were back on the treadmill the 2nd time and Danny had us go at 6.0, she was right there telling me-You can do it! Just remember to breathe! You're almost there! Don't give up!

And you know, it truly helped me.

It almost brought me to tears because I realized how I never hear those kinds of encouraging words, from myself or anyone else. And I realized how often I don't think I can do anything.

It felt awesome and I don't know if Tameka will ever really know what her encouragement meant to me.