Try your best but do not get hurt

Today I went again for the weekly pilates session after several weeks of absence. It was tough, I sweat a lot. It was especially refreshing as the instructor told another participant before the session to try our best but do not get hurt. Initially I thought he was a newcomer. But after the session, I just got to know that he is not a newcomer. In other word, the advice of try our best but do not hurt ourselves still apply.

Exercise is good as it clearly shows where our limits. Sometimes I think either I cannot do or I can do immediately. But in things of exercise such as pilates, I can clearly see that it takes a lot of time and practice to progress. There is no shortcut. And it humbles ourselves to acknowledge that there are certain things or in fact many things that I could not do. No matter how hard I push, I still could not reach my toe with a straight knee. That is on flexibility. On strength, I am also lacking that I could not even do bicycle in the air. In fact the instructor laughed when seeing what I did for the bicycle exercises.

Back to the emotional health or work, it is also similar. I need to try our best but I need to know the limit. Just like this morning I needed to acknowledge that I am tired and needed to sit down. Likewise, I can see that no matter how good someone is, we are still limited by time and energy and health which is often forgotten.

Today I also learn on the good foundation of God’s double promises. One, God will make a way at His right time. Second, God will sustain us until that time come.

So, let’s try our best with God’s given strength which will sustain us until when we reach our destination in His good time.