Last week, Steve Dawson wrote a post asking us realtors whether we were feeling fat. He had noticed that the more "mature" agents around him were a wee bit chunky. He himself had put on 30 pounds in 6 years selling real estate.
I've put on 12 pounds in the 3 years I've been involved in the world of real estate (first as a Montreal home stager and more recently as a Montreal real estate agent). Worse than the weight, I totally dropped my running and pilates.
I used to be in great shape. Now I'm in terrible shape.
Well, Steve's post inspired me, as did the 100+ comments. So last Friday I joined the Montreal West Island YMCA, and I've gone to 2 classes so far -- one of which hobbled me for 72 hours : )
Today I got a gift that was most inspiring of all. At this morning's class, right in front of me was my neighbour/friend...with her bright blue scarf covering a bald head. She's under-going chemotherapy for breast cancer. Her last treatment, she threw up for 24 hours.
And she was at the gym today.
Not making excuses.
Not complaining about the schlepping of gear.
Doing as much of the workout as she could...which was more than me.
Smiling! Happy to feel well enough to be there.
Helping lead the class. (She will be co-teaching it again soon.)
Inspiring.
She's one of the bravest women I know.
We should all be so lucky to have someone like her appear in our lives just when we need it, to inspire us to take care of ourselves, to stop making excuses and to do schedule in the time we need to take care of these bodies that allow us to do all that we do.
To Steve Dawson: Thanks for the post.
To all of you: Thanks for commenting in such numbers and with so many good messages.
To my neighbour/friend: Thanks for being you. And for being in my life.
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