In the Beginning..........."The Phoenix Chronicles" Chapter One, Part One "The First Step."
In the beginning.......her thoughts were racing as she suited up for battle. Her breathing was shallow as she strained trying to tie her shoes. She pulled the hood up over her head and zipped up. "Just go back and lay down" the voice in her head urged. "you know you are only gonna stick with it a week or two.....why bother?"
This is the way the enemy worked it seduced her with thoughts of slumber, surrender, sweets whatever tools it had found that made her succumb so many times in the past.
She laughed to herself and said "I've already been down that road,heeded your suggestions and look at where it has led. I am lumbering around in a 265 pound body, that has been abused and unloved for too long. My health, which IS my life is in danger....
I will not lay down and die without a fight......and if I falter, I will get back up and fight on..
She grabbed her gym bag, filled her water bottle,made her way to the front door and stepped outside into the thick snow and stinging wind. It seemed as if even nature was testing her resolve.
But today there would be no stopping her....she was on her way to "The Gym"
"It matters not how many times I have failed, I have only to succeed once...and I have SUCCEEDED!"