Blue Happy Living

Sometimes when things come up in life that seem to be challenging or out of our little box we avoid the event.  Some of those events in life can’t be avoided like health problems, job loss, financial problems and the list goes on.  The events that we can and do avoid are those that we can choose to avoid.  That is what I wanted to do this past Saturday as the Dallas Climb approached.  You have no idea of the excuses I started to form in my head.  I’ve got the flu, I hurt my knee and even I have to go out-of-town.  All of these because I didn’t believe in myself and my ability to get to the top.

I got up on Saturday at 5am, my body just doesn’t really let me sleep much later than that.  I was almost sick to my stomach with so many question zipping through my head.  What if my knees go out, what if I fall, what if I can’t make it to the top or worse what if I have a heart attach.  I almost drove myself right into a major head ache.  I took a moment to sit in the dark and in the silence of the early morning.  I started to pray and ask for His love and hands to give me the energy to climb with peace and no pain.  I continued to pray for all the climbers and all of my gym girls that they also climb with peace and no pain.  I ended the moment thinking of my dear friend going through a medical condition and decided todays climb would be for my friend.  She would be my reason for one more step when I started to struggle.  I knew I would struggle lets face it, it was 70 floors of stairs.

I started to get dressed and slowly my energy began to fill me up with a bit of excitement and not stress.  I fixed my hair, put on minimal make up because who cares you’re gonna sweet it off anyway.  I got all dressed but my shoes and then it hit me.  A moment of what am I doing, how did I get talked into doing this and is it to late to pull out.  That was my moment of being human and then His love over whelmed my heart and my new reason for doing this climb was made clear.  I took a marker and wrote a message on my foot as to why I was climbing.  I teared up and then smiled as I put my shoe on.  I’m walking for my bestie!  She is the Ethel to my Lucyiness and always the back bone of all my weakness.  I would take her place a thousand times.  The reality is that can’t happen so I’m gonna be her positive, her back bone to fight and  just keep her laughing and giggling. I texted her a picture of my foot but she didn’t respond I didn’t think she would she isn’t an early riser on the weekends.  That is why she is so beautiful she gets her beauty sleep.  Just minutes before I started the climb she texted me and my eyes filled with tears.  I was so glad she knew this was for her somehow it made it easier to take that first step.

Well I DID IT! I made it to the top 70 floors, no breaks all in 33 minutes and a few seconds.  I was one of the last to reach the top in my group of gym girls.  Nancy could have been at the top way earlier but she said we would do it together and she stayed with me cheering me on and pushing me to climb.  Thanks Nancy for helping me make it to the top.  I reached the top and all of my gym gals were their and cheered me on.  It was a nice way to end the climb seeing all those faces that have pushed me, pulled me, cried with me and watched me walk this journey of get my health back.  I’m such a blessed and Blue Happy girl today.  I hope you find that one thing that you have the courage to step out of your box and do.  I know that for me this weekend and this climb blow the side of my box open and I’m ready for many more Blue Happy challenges to come.  Have a Blue Happy Monday, it is the best day of the week!