By Donovan Baldwin

Thinking Out Loud:

I recently went to the VA (U.S. Veterans Affairs) outpatient clinic for a skin check. I'm a wee tad prone to skin cancers and had a few spots, but, that's another story.

They took me out of the waiting room, did the blood pressure, temperature, and 20 questions thing, and then had me sit in a hallway until the Physician's Assistant was ready for me.

Wound up taking about 30 minutes, and, about every Minute and a half, a Lady in scrubs would walk briskly past, doing various upper body exercises with some handheld weights.

First time she passed, she said a very friendly, "Good morning, Sir," and continued on. She passed several people while I sat there and she made an apparent rectangular loop in the hallway around the exam rooms.

She slowed down for people using walkers (VA's full of us old people), and politely let everyone go ahead of her... but, she never stopped moving for at least 30 minutes. I have no idea how long she had been doing laps before they sat me down in the hallway.

My first thought was, "You go, girl!!!"

My next thought is that so many people say they want to get fit, healthier, lose weight, get rich, become famous, whatever, but, it takes effort. This lady, my guess, wanted to be healthy and found the time and space to "git 'er done".

If you want "it", whatever your "it" is, you usually do.

Monday morning as I write this. A little earlier than when I got there the other day, but, I bet soon, she's at it. Working towards her goal.

You go, girl!!!

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