I hope you go to the gym.
I have been both skinny and fat – both to the point of being unhealthy.
Being healthy is better.
One hour, three to four times per week is a good goal, but don’t make the gym your life.
1 Timothy 4:7–9:
Rather train yourself for godliness; for while bodily training is of some value, godliness is of value in every way, as it holds promise for the present life and also for the life to come. The saying is trustworthy and deserving of full acceptance.
I love you.
— Dad
Play sports when you are young.
Sports allow you to learn that in order to be great at something – you have to work for it.
Sports also allow you to experience failure
And if you lose bad enough – monumental failure – on a platform with no lasting consequences.
The exercise is good for you too.
I love you.
-Dad
Strive to not be filled with an unattractive pride.
Instead, work to be humble about everything.
Being humble is so hard – our constant reaching for significance and all.
But when nothing you have belongs to you as you take every breath in God’s grace, pride in yourself should naturally fall away.
To make it worse, pride can be such an unattractive vice.
James 4:6:
God opposes the proud, but gives grace to the humble.
I love you.
— Dad