We’re all in this together

I did MeSquats again today. 100 of them in 5 sets of 20. Why would it be important to do the math on that? It’s probably not. Except you could judge that someone did it wrong- like you could point out that they were weak and couldn’t do all 100. But you could also recognize that the person was weak and have compassion on them, giving them encouragement and pointing out how good it was that they stuck through each set, and kept coming back at it until the “work was complete”. Praising effort. 

Do you know what it’s like to have your effort praised? Like, can you actually accept and believe, and receive the message that a person gives you that has the intention of a positive connotation? I find it interesting that a genuine “nice job” may or may not be received, depending on MANY factors!

//insert some explanation of the neurological pathway that has to do with sound waves entering the ear and being sent to whatever processing center they get sent to.

//then insert the same pathway information for light waves entering the eye, because we could assume the person who sent the message also had a facial expression that was part of the “communication package” that was transmitted. Like Mike TV “flying over our heads in a million tiny pieces!”

Anyway… “Good job”.

“Yeah.”

“No, I mean it, that was a good job sticking with that set.”

“I can’t do them all together, I’m too weak.”

“You’ll get there, just do it again tomorrow.”

The coach looks the athlete in the eye and says “_____”.

The athlete believes that the coach was sincere, and a tiny spark of _______ begins to grow. It feels on the inside like energy or heat, and although it stays small, not all consuming, it is enough to spread throughout the athletes body and creates a slight perception shift that increases a second feeling of pleasantness.

That’s why I tell myself good job on completing all of my 100 MeSquats. It raises my energy and my pleasantness. Of course I’m talking about the Mood Meter from the book Permission to Feel.

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