The idea that everything starts with a goal has always been one hard for me to grasp. As someone who is about to graduate from college and go into the "real world" I have never known a life without goals. I sometimes wonder will my life always be filled with goals. It seems to me once one goal has been reached it is a part of human nature to set another goal. This idea helps one to continue to achieve in whatever they set their minds to.
When I first read Candace Cameron Bure's book Reshaping It All I had a moment where I felt the itch to have a new goal. To really work on staying fit and to get back to the faith I once new. I got the book simply because it was Candace who was writing it. Having been a fan of hers since Full House and seeing a lot of myself as a teenager in her as a teenager I was intrigued to know more about her life. I had already indulged in her brother, Kirk Cameron's book, as well as her mom Barbara's memoir. I was intrigued by the individual faith journey's that these three people from the same family were on.
Like Barbara I grew up with faith (raised Catholic) and had this new found freedom when I didn't have to wake up on Sunday mornings to go to church. I found myself in a new state at a liberal arts college where faith is being questioned all the time. I didn't know it but what I was being surrounded by was having an effect on me. In my spring semester I became a part of the club Christian Fellowship on campus and really enjoyed spending time with the lord and really discussing his ways.
Into my junior year and the club for me went in a direction I no longer wanted to be a part of. At least thats what I said, when maybe in reality I was changing. I found myself pulling away my faith and lost what I truly believe.
Like Candace has stated in interviews and in her book I have also had a problem with my weight. Never being over weight but never quite feeling 100% comfortable in my own skin. I always felt just a little bit chubbier then everyone else, and my chipmunk cheeks didn't help the problem. This is the area while in college I had to focus on.
My first year I was diagnosed with a bleeding ulcer and the food that I ate had to alter slightly. I found myself being more active in college then I ever was in high school and I liked that but nothing was ever consistent for me, just like my faith.
With my first read through of Candace's book I found my way speeding through it trying to absorb as much as possible. When this time I want to slowly go through it, like a well made meal, and enjoy each and every part.
My Goal isn't to lose a certain amount of weight, it isn't to become someone who is overly out there about their faith. But rather my goal is to find that healthy balance. To nourish and move my body like the temple that it is, so that it can be in the best shape to better serve the lord and achieve all my other goals that my life will be filled with.
