I am learning alot in my quest for living out the plan.     Some of that learning has come as a result of being taught or told by someone else.    Some of that learning has come from making mistakes.  You burn your finger on the hot stove once or twice, you are going to learn not to touch the stove when it’s on, right?

The hardest kind of learning for me, however, has been the kind that comes after years of doing it wrong.    I’m a few short days away from another birthday - an opportunity to reflect on the past year of my life.    It’s been difficult to look in the mirror and face that I have spent DECADES of my life abusing my body in all kinds of ways.   But – as I’ve said before – I have a choice!    I can choose to wallow in regret, or I can choose to make a change.    Hopefully it's been clear what choice I've made....    Change, baby.

Some people may not agree with me, but I would say that in some cases (or for some people) it’s more comfortable to stay where you are than it is to make a change.   When I say comfortable, I don’t mean like a big lazy boy chair kind of comfortable.  We find comfort in the things that we know....that are familiar.  Sometimes making a change can be seemingly more painful than the original state we were in.   Fear of the unknown can also keep us in the place that we are.     Part of takin' down Big Jim means overcoming fear and overcoming the comfort zone.  

So back to learning.    I've learned that learning something new sometimes means you have to unlearn something old.

More on that next time :)

Thanks to all of you who are following along.   I welcome and very much appreciate any feedback you may have....!