Ecclesiastes 7:8, 10

"Finishing is better than starting; Patience is better than pride."
"Don't long for "the good old days", this is not wise."

I've been struggling with motivation recently. I gave up desserts for what is known as lent and I gained weight. I've been running at least 3 miles at least three times a week and can't honestly say I've lost any weight. In addition, I've been sleeping horribly and not feeling the greatest recently. The combination of it all has really been getting me down.

Tonight, when I was reading the Bible(gateway.com), I came to Ecclesiastes 7 which begins with a section called "wisdom for life." Boy, is it ever. In this particular week or so, there has been a lot of stress over different things. This passage (v1-v14) really put things in perspective for me. Verse 8 is what jumped out at me, "finishing is better than starting". It's great that I've started my journey to better fitness and health and the goal of a half marathon. But finishing that journey will be even better so I must push on.