It was a busy weekend…one of my daughters, Molly, graduated from SDSU. Megan will graduate in 2 weeks from George Mason University. They both spent a lot of time, and hard work, earning their degrees. Molly graduated with a degree in Health Education, and will be going to study Ultrasound. We all need to keep striving for things in our life, to keep working on improving ourselves, and to learn more. There is always something to learn! If we quit trying to learn, life becomes stale and boring. The famous saying, “The more we know, the more we don’t know” rings true also. We always need to work on becoming a better person, both physically and mentally.
As parents, you always try to be there for your kids, to keep encouraging, to keep working, to keep striving. If you want it, you have to earn it! This is no different than working on exercise and our diet…if we want to become healthier, we have to work at it, and again, we have to keep learning on how we can do this better. Molly had a sign on the top of her cap, “Finally done with this B.S.” Now this can be taken many ways, but of course, it really means Bachelor of Science!
The crowd at graduation was huge for SDSU…and it was already split into a morning, afternoon, and later afternoon sessions! We heard, and more importantly, those graduating heard, that if you want something in life, you have to earn it. Always keep striving, and even though their college days may be over, our learning never ends! Remember that!
We are proud of you Molly, just like we are with our other kids, and just like all parents are of their own kids. We are there for you, will be there to support you, encourage you, but…we can’t do it for you! You have to push yourself. You have to want to earn it. You have to want to be better. Boy, this sounds an awful like what I say in this blog many times. We have to want to be healthier, and have to want to watch our diet, and eat better. We have to want to exercise for our own benefit…and we have to keep learning on how we can do it better!
My nurse, Chris, made an awesome cake to celebrate. Thank you Chris! It was delicious. And, because it was a special occasion, and I did my run in the morning, and also did my weight workout as well, I splurged this time and I had a second piece of cake later that evening! It was totally worth it! Sometimes, you have to reward yourself as well. So, everybody, keep moving, keep learning, and keep striving to become a better you!
Dr. Dan
Consecutive Exercise Day #: 3508
