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There's More to You - Elsie Dennis

 “Sometimes the place you are used to is not where you belong.” Queen of Katwe movie.


My favorite machine in the gym is the Treadmill. I love to just set it and start walking. As I walk I’m praying and affirming. I close my eyes and imagine myself on a beach somewhere or beside my favorite lake with nature all around me. I just love the treadmill, and there is a reason for that.


But there is also a challenge with it. Walking the treadmill means I burn fewer calories in the same time when compared to the stationery bike. Now that’s one machine I absolutely hate using. It takes much more effort and I find myself stopping to rest every few minutes whereas I could be on the treadmill for an hour nonstop.


This morning I got to the gym and all the treadmills were taken; the stationery bike was free. So I climbed the bike grudgingly and proceeded to pedal. Within a few minutes I was sweating and panting. That’s when the above line hit me.


I love the treadmill because I am used to walking. It is my favorite sport if you can call it that. Walking has been my go-to exercise for very many years. My muscles understand walking and my body has built joy around it. 


But in this season of my life I need the stationery bike. It is more work, more effort and less joy but it is a vital part of the combo I need to stay well at this time. So grudgingly or not I endured it, and conquered. 


I wish I could tell you that now I love it. I can’t tell you that because I don’t. 


You see, in life, we get used to doing things in certain ways, Living in a particular part of town, wearing some type of clothes, etc. and we think that’s who we really are, that’s all we need.


But you see, “where you are used to is not always where you belong. And until you take the pains to explore, climb a different machine, do something you are not used to and not really enjoying, you may never discover the real strength that lies dormant inside of you. 


If I have learnt one thing in my life, it is that there is more to me than I know.


It’s the same for you too.


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