Creed

I, Laura, promise to be my own biggest fan. I promise to give myself pep talks, to not consult my feelings when making decisions, to employ discipline in every detail, and to always strive towards a better life. I promise to guard my heart and to honor God with the way that I live my life. I promise to obey him in every way. I swear to not hair pick, ever. When I am stressed I can workout, talk it out, get out, pray, journal, or sprint. I promise to eat less gluten, lactose, sugar, or aspartame. I promise to keep an accurate food journal, not snacking, and eating only during regular meal times. I promise to read my Bible every day, to go to the word first, and to give God my very first fruits of my time, money, emotion, energy and heart. I promise to walk in the Spirit, to immediately obey my conscience, to stay productive, to limit tv time, and to be social. I promise to put others first. To do everything without complaining or arguing. I promise to be patient with my parents and others. I promise to treat them with love, respect, gentleness and kindness by Jesus’ strength. To help them in every way possible and to show them gratitude, not attitude. I promise to live a life of gratitude, thanking Jesus all day long. To be joyful always, and pray continuously, and give thanks in all circumstances. I promise to write and memorize scripture. To be quick to listen, slow to speak, and slow to anger. I promise to mentally prepare for workouts, and to treat them as the big deal that they are. I promise to live the life of a runner, in every detail. To do the core workouts, the strides, the cross training, the mental prep, and to never walk when the schedule says run. I promise to run, sprint, or crawl, never walk. I promise to go to wherever I need to go to get a good run in—calhoun, pleasant, Vadnais, snail, or long lake.

I promise to do whatever it takes to reach my goal, my potential, my dream. But I also promise to live my life to the fullest in the meantime. To enjoy the journey, the character change, and the beauty that I am at any weight. I promise to put forth confidence, joy, and a bright smile, to serve others and to seek their comfort and joy before my own, to allow myself to develop an inner beauty far beyond anything that could come externally, to allow myself to be beautiful in the way that I treat others and sacrifice my own joy for theirs. All this is not possible by me, but I have a Father who fights for me. He is the source of strength, and he will strengthen me and help me. Though I stumble, I will not fall. Let it be so.