11/04/2020 - The Wood - The Wood – Live in the Present….not the Past & not the Future
AO: The Wood
When: 11/04/2020
PAX:
Number of Pax: 10
Pax Names: Dilly Dilly,
DR Names:
Number of FNGS: 0
FNG Names: NA
QIC: Dilly Dilly
Introduction
The 3:30 AM bell rang early as I headed to The Wood early to meet up with 6 other men for a little EC work at The Wood. A good ruck was had along with some strong 2nd F as well. As we finished circling in the parking lot the rest of the men showed up eager & ready to go.
Warm-O-Rama
Warm O Rama: (5 mins)
- Good mornings (10) IC
- Grady Corn (10) IC
- Side Straddle Hop (15) IC
- Imperial Walkers (10) IC
- Mosey to pavilion & around baseball field
The Thang
Thang #1: Play Ball (35 mins)
- Dora with the following exercises
- 50 Blockees
- 100 Shoulder Press
- 150 Box Jumps
- 200 Dips
- 150 Dead Lifts
- 100 Derkins/Irkins
- Partner 2 should complete the following:
- Run to the baseball diamond
- Bear Crawl to 1st base; do 1 burpee
- Sprint to 2nd base; do 1 burpee
- Bear Crawl to 3rd base; do 1 burpee
- Sprint to home plate; do 1 burpee
- Run back to pavillion
Mary (6 mins):
- Captain Thor – went up to 8 & 32 then finished with 9 Big Boys
Circle of Trust
Count A Rama – 10
Announcements – get on slack a lot happening on Saturday
Name A Rama – way to go Toby!
Prayers – Toby’s friend Kyle who lost his wife earlier this week in a tragic car accident
Naked Man Moleskin
CoT:
Although it may be difficult for us to understand the physical dimension of time, the truth is that life is now. There has never been a time when your life wasn’t now.
The present is so transient that what I just said is already part of your past. The future, on the other hand, is what you project when you think about what you’ll be doing next instead of focusing your whole being on what’s before you. The present moment is the only time we can modify with our actions and decisions.
We sometimes put so much of our energy into thinking about the past or future that we don’t realize just how quickly the present moment flies by. It’s important for us to stop for a second and think about the number of times we’ve kept ourselves from living in the present moment just out of fear of future or past memories.
If our happiness at this time consists mainly of memories and expectations, we’ll only be vaguely aware of the present moment. If we do this a lot, we won’t be able to be fully conscious of what goes on around us. That keeps us from enjoying the little things and experiencing them fully. Breaking the habit of constantly looking back and forth will be of great help if we want to enjoy our current reality.
Focusing only on the future or past can jeopardize our present to the point where we start asking ourselves if we’re living in the real world or if it’s all a fantasy. The present moment doesn’t last for a lifetime. Today seems eternal, but it won’t exist tomorrow.
The simple message is this men. Today their will be a lot of speculation about the future or the “what ifs” of the past do not dwell on that but focus your attention right now in this very moment 100% vested in the present. AYE!
Dear lord, thank you for this opportunity to wake up early in the gloom & experience your greatness. We are humbled for the opportunity you give us every day to be in your glory & serve you as leaders in our communities. Watch over those in our spoken prayers as well as those that are in our hearts that are not as fortunate as many of us & give them healing & strength in their struggles. In your name we pray. Amen!