Plan D Day 74

I want to focus on the positive.

There should be absolutely nothing about the display of utter disrespect for American voters shown by Trump even talking to Mitt Romney, let alone considering him for a cabinet post. The things they said about each other during the election should have precluded them talking and the fact that Romney is Establishment 101 should make Trump supporters want to barf into their own shoes at the duplicity.

None of that.

Rather, let’s talk about a beautiful woman at the gym who is 20 times fitter than I am. But this is a good thing. I was doing my kettle bell routine and the only space was beside a lady who was doing a kettle bell routine but with much heavier weights that mine. I told her I was jealous of her, especially given she was only slightly taller than my 8-year-old son. She was gracious and encouraging. A little later a 40-something man in the same area said to me, “I’m tired just looking at you doing that routine.”

Kettle bells rock … despite what my right hip says.

But it brings to mind body image. Although a woman, half my size and about a third my age, the lady with the kettle bells could have accidently encouraged me to quit. I could argue I’ll never reach her level and I’m told old and fat to even try. However, the truth is that comparisons are meaningless. She and I are so different with different goals at different time of life that comparisons are like comparing apples and penguins.

See you at the gym.