You've all heard me brag up my amazing man and my amazing friends that I've met during my journey throughout the years and how much all of them mean to me. You've heard me talk about trainers that came and went and who I never really connected with, but before all of them was "My Tina". When I met Tina, I didn't WANT to meet her. I'd already become slightly attached to the owner of the amazing company she is a part of and I didn't want anyone else and I was skeptical. But after my first class with her, she took my hand and never let go. Sounds cheesy right? I know I know, yes it does. But every step of the way of losing the full adult I've lost she has been my biggest cheerleader and she believed in me when not another single soul did (including myself). If you've been following me awhile you know I've referenced her before. Hearing her in the back of my head telling me I CAN do this and that "you can do anything for 1 minute". I've heard her when I was running telling me to push harder and pump my arms and on and on and on. She likely has NO idea how she's affected my life and who I am as a person.
Tina and I have been planning some athletic photo shoots for her (I'm a photographer too) and I can't tell you how excited I am for her to choose me to capture these for her. You see, Tina's had her own journey and she's suffered and struggled and came out of all of it a stronger, better person and for me to be able to capture the amazing strong woman she is today is a profound honor to say the least. During our planning and searching for inspiration for these shoots, I mentioned how much I miss her and how one of my long term goals is to get my NASM (National Academy of Sports Medicine) certification in personal training and how my dream would be to open a gym or atleast offer services similar to TWC in my area (I'm currently a good hour and a half from TWC - Cambridge), because there is just not anything like it down here. Sure there are gyms, but most of them are hole in the wall 24 hour gyms with mediocre trainers who have little or no real life experiences. I want to make a difference in people's lives and I want to be the one to help people achieve their goals, no matter what they might be. I don't want the muscles heads or the elite runners. I want the moms, the grandmas, the women who don't see themselves as anything but the title that's screamed at them by a 2 year old. I want the women who have lost themselves in being what everyone else needs them to be and want to rediscover themselves through a healthy lifestyle. THAT my friends is what I did and what Tina helped me do. I completely changed my life. So some phrases I read via text today were:
"You know, you have forever impacted my life. You are such an amazing lady."
And when I attempt to credit my success to her:
"Your successes are ALL you!!! I just believed in you...you did it all on your own!"
"I will forever be your biggest fan, no matter where you are."
Yup, I bawled. Here is my role model, my idol, my inspiration telling me that *I* changed HER life....wow. Just wow.
All I can say is that I am so incredibly grateful for her and all that she has done for me and I can not wait to hug the crap out of her when I get to see her in March. And yes, I bawled like a baby! It's still hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that *I* make a difference in anyone's life and that *I* inspire people. I'm just being me and apparently there are people out there that think that's pretty awesome!!! Who knew that giving up TRYING to please everyone else and giving up TRYING to be perfect would make SO many people happy. I've learned that I'm pretty damn good at being me and that's all I ever want to be.
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