Committed or WHAT!?!

OK, so I admit it: I am committed to getting this ol' bod ready for Boston! 5 weeks into the training program I picked out and no workouts missed yet :) This despite what I perceive to be the coldest, snowiest and nastiest winter in a long.long, time!

Only 12 weeks to go.... Will I be ready? Will I be better than last year's time? Will I make it up "Heartbreak Hill"? Is it all worth it, anyway?

My answer is yes! Commitments make you stronger. They test your resolve and increase your endurance as you actually fulfill them.

Let's apply that to other areas in life: sticking with a tough job until it's done right, finishing a hard homework assignment, being faithful especially when you don't feel like it, and coming across a finish line with a smile on your face.

In the spiritual life, try being virtuous when you really want to be the opposite; try being honest when you just "have" to tell that little fib; try praying with faithfulness especially when all the feelings are absent, and always look forward to that finish line which leads to heaven.