Circle of Trust

YHC joined F3 in March of 2020, 1 week before the Covid shutdown! That first post involved Bear Crawls over the length of the Eola Bridge. At my first post I was in terrible shape! I want to publicly thank @Brick for getting me across that bridge! While partnering up with me, he would not let me stop, would not let me quit on myself. He encouraged me, and pushed me to bear crawl across that bridge. I learned a lot about F3 and myself that day! F3 is definitely NOT just about yourself and your own goals. It’s also about helping other Pax reach theirs. I also learned what I am capable of! I got a little light headed and I almost spilled merlot that day! It was just enough to push me into starting to put in a lot more work with the OYO workouts offered during the quarantine by F3 to get into better shape for when we all could get back together ITG! Now after 5 1/2 months I have lost 46 lbs and am in the best shape of my life!
This morning YHC shared three words that came to mind when thinking about this COT: 1) Gratefulness- I am so grateful for this group of men. Specifically @Cataracts for EHing me hard for over a year! He saw something in me that he knew F3 would bring out! (Secret: I’m slightly competitive.  See Lincoln Games!) 2) Respect- We say respect in our Name-O-Rama when we get to the OGs over 50 like me, but I have so much respect for each and every Pax that gets out ITG to push themselves and each other to accelerate and be better HIMs. My wish today was for each Pax to hold that respect for the other brothers they are working out with ITG. And 3) “Oneness”- In my Men’s small group we just did a study called “Oneness Embraced.” The basic idea of it is that we are all so different. We have different stories, differnt backgrounds, different ethnicities, different beliefs, different political views, different goals. So many times though we try to change other people. We try to make them the same as us. We try to achieve “sameness.” Our goal, our challenge, should be coming together, in respect for one another, with all our differences and uniqueness to achieve a like-minded goal of becoming better husbands, fathers, brothers, friends, men. Come together in “Oneness” to become  HIMs. This is the “Oneness” I think F3 encourages and exemplifies. Thanks again to every Pax with Naperville F3! And as we like to say, “Nice PUSH!”