IronPAX Week 1

Week 1 of the IronPax challenge – Runners are People Too – It was as follows:400M Run10 Thrusters10 Bonnie Blairs10 Jungle Squats10 Bonnie Blairs10 ThrustersRinse and repeat for 45 Minutes. The score was the number of 400 M runs completed.

I’ve been thinking lately about the difference between “if only” and “what if.”“If only” looks backward.If only I had taken that job.If only I hadn’t made that decision.If only my circumstances were different.If only this person would change.And sometimes those things might even be true. Maybe life really would be easier if something had gone differently.But “if only” doesn’t give you anywhere to go. You can’t do anything with it. You’re arguing with a past that already happened.“What if” looks forward.What if I handled this differently?What if I stopped waiting for somebody else to change?What if I tried the thing I’ve been afraid to try?What if I took responsibility for what I can actually control?And then there’s the question that probably matters most:“What now?”This is my life. These are my circumstances. Some of them I chose. Some I didn’t. Some I’d probably choose differently knowing what I know today.But I’m here.So I can spend my energy on “if only,” or I can ask “what if?” and then decide “what now?”We talk a lot in F3 about accelerating our fitness, fellowship and faith. You can’t accelerate backward.Leave “if only” behind. Ask “what if.” Then figure out “what now.”