Peru

I have 3 1/2 weeks to get in shape before I hike the Inca Trail to Macchu Picchu in Peru. Everything I do will go towards that. What I eat, how much I sleep, when I work out. There's no workout that I can do right now that will be too much or too hard because I know that EVERYTHING will only go towards making me stronger when I am on my trek in Peru. I leaned on that concept as I choose which workout I would do today. Why would I not choose the hardest, it will only make me stronger and prepare me more?

As I worked out this morning I thought about how I could apply this same thinking to my life. I want to get to the point that I live my day to day like this. I want to see the biggest obstacles not as difficulties but as challenges that are building me up and making me stronger. I want to see them as preparation in life for whatever will come next. If I lived every day like I was working towards something so much greater, (because I am) the ups and downs of the day would look completely different. They would not look like obstacles but as sweet preparation for whatever is coming up on the road ahead.