{"id":1236,"date":"2012-04-15T14:37:23","date_gmt":"2012-04-15T21:37:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libernetics.com\/?p=1236"},"modified":"2012-04-15T15:01:00","modified_gmt":"2012-04-15T22:01:00","slug":"crossfit-the-nature-of-inspiration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/libernetics.com\/?p=1236","title":{"rendered":"Crossfit: the nature of inspiration"},"content":{"rendered":"

A few days ago one of the guys at CFES<\/a> revealed he has some severe health problems: Celiac Disease, Hashimoto’s and Auto Immune Hepatitis. \u00a0Celiac is an allergy to wheat gluten. \u00a0Hashimoto’s is \u00a0a thyroid condition and Auto\u00a0Immune\u00a0Hepatitis\u00a0is a liver\u00a0condition. I had to look online to find this out, because I was not familiar with any of those diseases. \u00a0He’s lived with these problems for almost 20 years.<\/p>\n

He manages to control the symptoms by\u00a0adhering\u00a0to a\u00a0strict\u00a0diet, and Crossfit. \u00a0My own\u00a0experiences\u00a0with controlling diet lead me to believe it’s a difficult thing to do. \u00a0Not to mention crossfit, which has it’s own\u00a0requirements\u00a0for discipline.\u00a0He described the situation on the CFES blog, and I noticed a lot of people (myself included) used the word “inspiring” to describe his story.<\/p>\n

It\u00a0occurred\u00a0to me afterwards that I did not recall ever actually being inspired by anybody. \u00a0Now that’s a very surprising thing to discover. \u00a0I recall being envious, or ambitious enough to want success, or curious about how other people got on, but never inspired. \u00a0At least not as an adult. \u00a0As a child I remember thinking various famous people were really interesting and had marvelous adventures. \u00a0I remember wanting to be an astronaut. \u00a0I had some notion that it was heroic. \u00a0I’m certain that I had no idea at that time what a hero was. \u00a0These days I think a hero is somehow who meets life’s\u00a0challenges\u00a0without rancor or bitterness.<\/p>\n

I once attended a seminar called “Dynamic\u00a0Leadership<\/a>” run by two incredibly strong and compassionate men. \u00a0Among other things they had been\u00a0hostage\u00a0negotiators, and law\u00a0enforcement\u00a0professionals. \u00a0At one point one of them told a story that really impressed me, the lesson of which was “just say thanks.” \u00a0That is perhaps among the best\u00a0pieces\u00a0of advice I ever got.<\/p>\n

I suppose I am inspired to take better care of myself, and be respectful of people, when I see how hard other people work at living. \u00a0As I’ve gotten past my first 1\/2 century of life, \u00a0I do notice the desire to invest a bit more of myself in my own life. \u00a0Perhaps one day I will find myself interesting!<\/p>\n

Today is Sunday. \u00a0I did Helen (400m run, 21 35# kettlebells swings, 12 pullups, 3 rounds.) My total time was 13:25. \u00a0It is an\u00a0improvement\u00a0of 23 seconds since the last time.<\/p>\n

Cheers.
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