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The Pinecone
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January 2014
Mot ivat ion
Because I said I would
I read an article in an “Airplane
Magazine” about a young man who
started his own nonprofit to honor
his father who died 2 years ago. At his
funeral Alex Sheen Jr. wanted to share
something to honor his father. His
father always kept his word; his word
was a promise. Alex remembered
hearing “Because I said I would” quite
often. He made small business cards
with only those words on it and passed
them out to everyone at the memorial
service. The directions were to write on
the card something you had intended to
do but never accomplished. Then put it
in your pocket/wallet and carry it until
you had completed that task. It was so
well received that people called him to
get more cards for themselves or others.
When it hit the internet,
Alex
had
to
recruit
volunteers
to
package
and send out cards. He
supports this non-profit
mission through donations,
and selling T-shirts and
merchandise.
(More
information can be found
at becauseisaidiwould.com)
This movement dedicated
to “bettering humanity
through the power of a promise” has
changed people’s lives from restoring
family relationships to a public
confession of a hit-and-run driver.
Thousands of people have been inspired
to follow through on a variety of
things like promising to take
their medicine, being on time
to work, playing with their
children or grandchildren,
making a phone call
to a distant friend,
losing those last
five
pounds,
and exercising
r e g u l a r l y .
That last one
really caught my
attention. How many
times have I heard “I’m going to start
your exercise class next week.” Or I need
to make time to go to the Oasis and
use that equipment.” This year make a
promise to yourself to exercise in some
way three times each week. With so
many exercise classes offered as well as
a good variety of exercise equipment in
the Oasis, and miles of lovely halls and
walking trails, you are sure to find a
way to improve your strength, stamina,
balance and endurance. We are here to
help you meet your goals “because you
said you would.”
A great opportunity to test out your new pedometers you received for Christmas is coming in January.
The Oasis will be offering a
Walk across America Program
. Participants may begin registering
January 6, 2013. The program will run from January 13 through March 10 and will last 8
weeks. We will keep track of how many miles each participant walks, or completes on
the Nu-Step or treadmill on their own time schedule.
If you use your pedometer, on
average, 2000 steps equals one mile.
Everyone’s mileage will be kept up individually
and as a group total to see how far we can walk; pointing out interesting landmarks
along the way. Last year as a group we walked all the way to the Atlantic Ocean,
and just a few miles short of Canada and Mexico for a grand total of 860 miles.
Make plans to join our Walk across America Program in 2014. We’ll have helpful tips
each week, awards and surprises for everyone, as well as the reward of beginning and
continuing a great exercise habit for strength and endurance.
because I said I would.
I’m going to exercise
in some way three
times each week.
Look for fun contests in the upcoming months
as we kick off our “Welcome to Wellness” program! Keep that Pedometer close to
you!
