Feb Update

Today was an interesting and exciting day on many fronts. Its my daughter Gaetana's 22nd Birthday. She is a very special and wonderful person you could ever want to meet. She has so much love in her heart just thinking about who she is makes you feel good. Tana you are amazing and I wish you the Happiest of Birthdays and many many more! love Dad :)

We had a great call with our newest charity to add to our IronNutz adventure and WRUN Inc company. Its called EDAR (Everyone Deserves A Roof) started by Peter Samuelson of LA who is an amazing man. www.edar.org is their site please check it out. In these tough times it is people like Peter that continue to inspire me to finish the Ironman journey we began last year and before and to keep growing what we do to help those in need.

I, like many have had some challenging moments lately. The world and its landscape has dramatically changed in a very different way than it was even 6 months ago. Allot of folks are running off emotions and not their intellect. That is not good. Many folks are reacting to situations before thinking them through, including me sometimes. The pressure is increasing more than I have seen it since maybe the 70's and at that time I looked to other negative choices to avoid feeling anything. Now the question is what do I do about it today and what kind of message can I share to help us and what message can you share to help me.

I first asked for help. I should not do anything alone anymore. The fact is that I am surrounded by the most brilliant people in the world today. Most are just a phone call of an email away and I can release allot of my stress quickly if I choose to do so. So I did. I felt better right away. When I calmed down I realized that I had allowed people, places and things to take up way too much rent free space in my head and it clouded my choices for freedom from the trap I was in. I realized that I was being overexposed to the negativity circling around me at work, TV and just in general with people around everywhere going through this mire that has arrived. I am making a choice to step out and through the mire and look towards the positive influences around me and trying to notice the small things that make me smile. I also wrote a gratitude list to show me exactly where I really was at this moment.

Moment, what does it mean really and why do so many of us have difficulty staying in it?
Moment: a minute portion or point of time : instant b: a comparatively brief period of time: present time

If somehow we can enjoy each and every moment then is that where you can feel peace and serenity. Then the answers come and you will be more empowered to help those about you and yourself. Can you stop for a moment and just be in your space right now and ask yourself how you feel? These are the things that bring me back on my own two feet and feel the most human as I can. I don't know about you buts its very difficult for me to do this regularly. I guess thats one of the reasons I love spending time with my friends and family cause they help me stay in more moments than when I am alone. When I am training in the pool, ridiing my bike or running I do better in the moments too and most of those times I am not with others but I am never alone. That does bring me peace and hope in my heart.

Lastly I want to thank Mr Samuelson for being a part of our day and reminding me and the rest of the Nutz that we are on the right path doing that which we are supposed to be doing today!

Hope to hear your thoughts and blogs as well!

Kevin :)