My Philospohy and Another Day One of Sorts

Anyone who has seen my Road ID band and read the inscription on the bottom knows that there are three words I try to organize my life around. Spiritual, Mental, and Physical. I view them forming an inverted pyramid of sorts. Spiritual forms the point and the crux which holds the pyramid up. It is a delicate balance, one's faith. More on that later. The middle level is mental, keeping one's brain active, constantly learning. And finally as this blog started, and initially failed :( as a journal about my journey out of obesity. Thanks Uncle Sam and your crazy BMI standards! Physical, the largest and most visible top of the pyramid. Again, more on all of this later.

Today's Day One revolves around my committing to the 40 day journey in the
"Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren. It is just a step in the spiritual part of my journey. As with any spiritual or religious books this one has it's proponents and its detractors. I suppose I can't know it's validity until I'm done, or at least on the way.

Day One: (Thinking About My Purpose)
In spite of all the advertising around me, how can I remind myself that life is really about living for God, not myself?

This is kind of a funny question, I truly believe we allow the marketing world to impact us far to much. If you ever questioned what you thought of as the media's version of beautiful you should check out this website periodically. The media's version of reality is so far gone that it's ridiculous and equally sad that we as a society don't know any better than try to live up to their perceptions of beautiful and real. So I guess the short of it is we have to realize the pitfalls of the media and decide our own values. Take the media with a grain of salt as they very rarely encourage a sense of community and sell the compassionate values of Christianity.

On the Losing Clyde front:
I went Mountain Biking locally at the Little Big Econ State Forest.
Only 5 miles, it is a maze out there and ton's of sugar sand. But it was nice to dust off the old Stumpjumper M2.