Have you ever heard the saying that you can't see the forest for the trees?

And of course the meaning behind that is you're in a forest, but you can't see the forest

because you're just staring at the tree closest to you, which is kind of interesting,

because right now I'm walking through that wooded trail and so I can I can actually test this theory out in real time

So I've got okay, is there poison ivy here? Maybe this isn't the smartest little test I've ever done. All right

So I'm I've got a tree I am now you can hear the tree I am about a foot got a tree. I am now, you can hear the tree.

I am about a foot from the tree, and I am staring at this tree.

And I can see the leaves on this tree, which I don't think are poison ivy, but I'm not going to touch them.

I can see the bark on the tree, and I can see the bark discoloration.

I can see the details.

I can see the bugs that's on the tree.

But I can't see much else because I'm staring at this tree.

I can't see the forest for the trees.

And of course, that's a metaphor for, I'm now walking away from the tree.

That's a metaphor for real life. You know, we've got, we've got the problems of our day,

the projects that have to be finished yesterday. We've got the children, the grandchildren who need our attention. We've got the bills that need to be paid. We've got the bills that need to be paid. We've got the children, the grandchildren who need our attention. We've got

the bills that need to be paid. We've got the doctor's appointment. We've got all this stuff.

And so those are the trees that we're staring at and we can't see the forest. Same thing applies to

fitness. Same thing applies to fitness. You've got a fitness promise,

and there are days when fulfilling that promise, keeping that promise, is a little more challenging.

And so all you can see is, I don't feel like it. I've got a busy schedule. I'm tired.

You can't see the forest for the trees.

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