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Being Thankful: through injury, sickness, and other speed bumps...

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I have been thinking a lot lately about how life doesn't always go as planned. Sometimes it is good, like meeting the guy of your dreams in a random bar and finding yourself happily married to him 17 years later, or falling out of a career path that wasn't meant to be and into one that inspires and brings purpose to your life. Often it isn't so good, like getting sick on vacation, getting hurt while training for a race, or getting really sick... like cancer, or a terrible car accident, during the prime of your life. One of my favorite quotes is "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" but I also think that building a stronger you can be done during good times too. How do we set ourselves up to prepare for those times when life is made harder? The answer is taking care of your health, sleeping well, exercising at least moderately and eating moderately.  I am not talking perfection either. Just eating what you need to fuel yourself and treating yo