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Thoughts during a working

I went to a boxing class the other morning. 45 minutes into it, we were on our millionth lunge, and as some new hip hop song I'm completely unfamiliar with started, I was ready to end it.
My peppy 20 something instructor was jumping and kicking and encouraging us and said something that I'm sure she hasn't thought of since. Meanwhile, I haven't stopped thinking about it. "You feel that? That's change". 2485th lunge.

"Feel that? that's change."

Knowing she acknowledged the fact that my quads were burning was an odd relief. Its normal to feel this pain. Its actually good that you're feeling this pain! I began to acknowledge other areas I've felt immense discomfort and realized that in that, is where there was change. Yes. I have a knack for contemplating life in any given situation, even a boxing class.
A move, a relationship, ending bad habits, losing weight, that uncomfortable conversation. Freedom is on the other side of that threshold.
Feel that? That's change.

We cant grow if we don't challenge ourselves. We have to get scared, be brave, feel the burn. Thank you, random instructor at a chain gym in the middle of Pennsylvania. I thought moments like that were reserved for yoga classes and epiphanies on the mat. 

xoxo,  LRM