I often feel ‘our greatest fears’ are irrational, and not even worth entertaining.

There are two that have stuck with me, one being the fear of injury! Ten years ago I made the choice to live healthy- to love my body. I became physically active, ate to nourish my body, I adopted a lifestyle, and it serves me well. The fear of injury has been very real. For the first few years it was plagued by the “what if’s…”

What if, I can not exercise and gain the 30 pounds I lost back.

What if, my mental health is impacted by not being able to be active.

What if, I lose my momentum so much, that it’s hard and painful to get back in shape.

Over the years, the fear lessened. But, the one ‘what if’ that has been floating is…

What if, I lose the muscle and my perky bum, that I’ve worked so hard to gain, and my “mom butt” returns.

The “what if” became a reality – picking up a piece of garbage on roller skates took me down, hard! I broke my wrist and bruised my bum! And every step of this journey was filled with intention. Of course, I absolutely did not intentionally fall and break my wrist!

I did intentionally…

Take three extra laps around the rink, strategizing how I could manage to pick up this piece of garbage, with grace, to prevent a 5th child from falling and crying.

Buy a brace to get through the weekend and until I was home to ensure I went to urgent care within my healthcare network – I was out of state.

Strategize how to modify my workouts so that when I could move again, I would not have a right arm with no muscle and a left arm fully pumped!

Adjust my nutrition to account for my immobility.

Modify my daily routine, meal prep, and workspace to account for being slowed down.

I took my time becoming active again. I listened to my body and let it heal, giving myself grace and patience. We have the choice to be intentional with whatever life throws at us. Sometimes, life says ‘no,’ ‘stop,’ ‘take a pause,’ and when it does, it is our choice to reflect and move forward with intention.

Until next time- Show up with intention, awareness, and purpose.

-Sarah