Freedom Train!!

[pir8fan]

Good Morning all my fellow Exer's! What a party yesterday! I see a number of you slept on the train! Those margaritas will sneak up on you, huh? But all is good because there are no cigarettes on the Train! Another Super Bowl has come and gone! This one was a great ball game, no matter who you favored! Two great and storied franchises put on a very entertaining spectacle!! Congrats to both teams for reaching the pinnacle of their profession! I would like to look at what we do here on a daily basis and make a few comparisons!

#1. Preperation. 

Each year these professional athelets come to a summer camp! Here they work on the physical conditioning that their bodies will need to endure the ravages of a long season!

Each day newbie come to this site! They look to us for the mental conditioning that they will need to endure the onslaught of the nicodemon!

#2. Study.

The next step for these ball players is to learn or relearn the fundamentals of thier profession! They must memorize their playbooks so they know what they need to do on every single play! They look forward to their season starting, so they can put what they have learned to good use!

The next step for our newbies is to study. Here they learn to accept the fact that they are addicts! They learn the fundamentals of a quit! From charting their smoking episodes to recognizing their triggers! They start to look forward to their own personal quit date!

# 3. Pre-season.

Camp breaks and these atheletes go on the pre-season! Here they get the first chance to put into motion all that they have learned! Some will do very well. The coaches will recognize them right away! They will recieve special attention! They will become team captains or starters! These people will not back down, ever! In them is a basic understanding that was verbalized by the great Vince Lombardi!  I do not have the exact quote, so forgive me as I paraprase "In life, the harder you work for something, the harder it is to give it up!" Those who have neither learned this nor put in the effort will continue to struggle!

The third step for our new newbie is to go out and put what they have learned in to motion! They quit smoking! Some will do very well and the "elders" (the folks I call the Super Exer's) will recognize them right away! They will recieve special attention! They will become leaders at this site! They understand how hard they worked to get here, and are determined not to give up! Those who have not worked as hard will continue to struggle!

#4. The season begins! It really counts! What these atheletes do every day matters. The food that they eat. The beverages that they drink. Every bit of exercise they get! And every thought that goes through their heads. All of it make them who they are and determines how much success they have! The coaches understand that not everyone is blessed with the same level of talent! It is their jobs to help those who are having the hardest time to become winners! They also understand that not everyone has the comittment and dedication to make it! Those are the ones that disappear from the rosters! Some will work hard enough to come back. Some will never understand what it takes!

For our fellow Exer's..........Hell, just re-read the paragraph above this!!!!!!!!

Welcome to the Freedom Train! Our goal is to help everyone to Freedom from the bonds of slavery they have choosen for themselves!!