It used to be that I would drive around a parking lot a few times to find the space closest to the front door of the establishment I wanted to go to. When I was heavier, it took a lot of effort to move myself from point A to point B. Given the trouble with my joints, and knees in particular, I always searched for the shortest point between my car and “wherever”.
Anytime we were out running erands together, I often would wait in the car for my wife if she thought she’d be less than 15 minutes in the store. It wasn’t worth my slowing her down with the slow crippled shuffle I had developed nor was it worth me suffering joint pain for the shorter shopping trips.
These downward changes in my mobility developed slowly over time. One day it occurred to me as I was sitting inside Barnes & Noble waiting for the rest of my family to finish shopping the whole mall that I hadn’t seen the rest of the mall (except for the food court!) in quite a long time!
The powered scooters at Walmart were beginning to look like a viable option for me!
Now… my wife and I pay to work out at the gym! We park clear across the parking lot from the entrance as that’s where the shade is for our van. It seems foolish that we spend anytime searching for a "close to the entrance spot" anywhere we go.
We want the excersise anyway!
It's really nice getting rid of some heavy thoughts, and even nicer to enjoy my new light living!
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