AO: asylum-pm
Q: Lilydipper
PAX: Drum Major, Tenderfoot, Switchhitter (Tony), Rooney(Carl Whipple), High Heels, Brick, Lizzy, Pele (Jon Lindberg), Pusher, Joshua Foster
FNGs: None
COUNT: 11
WARMUP: 20 Side-Straddle Hops, 10 Iron Mikes, 10 Ice Skaters, 10 Tennessee Rocking Chairs, 10 Rockettes, 30 Grady Corns, 7 Pterodactyls Forwards and 7 Backwards
THE THANG: We will do the following sets of exercises, doing the first, then running (counter-clockwise) around pavilion twice, doing the second, then running around pavilion twice, then the third and then running around pavilion twice:
– 20 Big Boy Sit-ups
– 20 Merkins
– 20 Picnic Table Pull-ups
Next, we will do totem pole, building on exercises then chopping them off, with 30 seconds for each exercise. Here are the exercises:
– Plank Jacks
– American Hammers
– Bobby Hurleys
Next, we will do the following sets of exercises, doing the first, then running (clockwise) around pavilion twice, doing the second, then running around pavilion twice, then the third and then running around pavilion twice:
– 20 Star Jumps
– 20 Carolina Dry Docks
– 20 Smurf Jacks
Next, we will do the following sets of exercises, doing the first, then running (counter-clockwise) around pavilion twice, doing the second, then running around pavilion twice, then the third and then running around pavilion twice:
– 20 Flutter Kicks
– 20 Bench Dips
– 20 Step-ups on Benches
Finally, we will do the following sets of exercises, doing the first, then running (clockwise) around pavilion twice, doing the second, then running around pavilion twice, then the third and then running around pavilion twice:
– 20 Freddie Mercuries
– 20 Decline Merkins
– 20 Incline Merkins
MARY: No time for sweet Mary.
ANNOUNCEMENTS: The Knoxville Region has starfished again into an eastern and western region. Thanks to Mermaid for being a fantastic Nant’an for the Knoxville Region. Our western region will have Stripped as the Nant’an. Our eastern region will have Swanson as the Nant’an. Asylum PM will be in the eastern region.
COT:
Message:
Get Out of Your Own Way
I recently read an interesting article about interview with Ben Stiller. In the interview he said that the worst decision he ever made in his life was to cut his then 9-year-old daughter, Ella Stiller, from a scene she had been filmed in for a movie Ben was making, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Ella, who is now 23, laughs the occurrence off, saying the scene didn’t really make sense in the movie. But for Ben, cutting the scene goes to a deeper issue, which he states is his obsession with his work and his perfectionism. While a goal of Ben Stiller has been to be a good, loving, and available father, he has found that his perfectionism with work sometimes stood in the way of that.
I think it a good thing that Stiller sees that difficulty in himself and is vulnerable enough to admit it. By seeing that fault, he has been able to work on it although he has found himself struggling with it again and again.
Where do you get perfectionist or obsessed? What stands in the way of you being available to others? What stands in the way of you fulfilling dreams? What stands in the way of you being the HIM that God wants you to be? Those questions make me think of that song by U2, Get Out of Your Own Way.
An area where I frequently find I must get out of my own way is having my life in order and getting things done before I take the time to relax and just be. You guys may not see that side of me. When I get home from work or F3, I have these tasks that I feel I need to check off: get bills paid, get email messages answered, straighten out the house, make sure everything is clean and put away, get the laundry done, etc. etc. etc. That obsessive need to work before play can be a good think . . . things do get done. But it also has stood in the way of my getting time to relax and spending time with my family. And, what is truly more important – time with family or getting those clothes cleaned and put away? I am not a workaholic who avoids family but I can certainly learn to let things go more, particularly if time with family is involved.
How about you? Where do you need to get out of your own way? Is there something you need to let go of a bit so that you pay attention to another aspect of your life? If so, assess it and pray about it. Ask God to help you to finds ways to change.
Prayers: Prayers for our bother, Mr Jinxy and his wife, Susan. Susan had to be hospitalized Saturday morning with intense nausea. She was found to have a duodenal perforation. She is being treated with antibiotics at the hospital but may have to have surgery to repair the perforation if the antibiotics do not take care of the issue. Prayers for our brother, Steam and his wife Megan as she is due to have child any day now. Prayers for Will, the five-year-old student of the wife of our brother, Drum Major. Will is undergoing extensive treatment for a significant health issue. Prayers for our brother, Joshua Foster (Shogun). We congratulate him for getting a major new client for his company. We pray for him as he travels to Washington, DC to be the major person working to help that company.
