The Importance of Getting In and Staying In Shape - 2
We're talking about the importance of getting in and staying in shape. Our primary focus here will be on our bodies, but we'll try to work in some ideas about getting in and staying in shape in our spiritual life as well. Our last post ended with some initial comments directed at those who need to get in shape. While both getting in and staying in present challenges, getting in, for many of us, really can be daunting . This is especially true when years of being out of shape have caused Brother Ass (St. Francis of Assisi's term for his body) to almost collapse into himself. While we can't offer professional, authoritative advice here, we can speak from a personal perspective. And there we turn the pages back a few decades. Without boring you with all the details, suffice it to say that as a young man I was not the most athletic guy. So upon realizing this, and actually needing to do something to get into better shape (based on some physical issues that were threaten...