who would you be?

The Five People You Meet In Heaven
               ~~Mitch Albom~~

I read this long ago and consistently find my mind wandering to its concept. There have been many people who've come in and out of my life, exponentially so since I began CrossFit. That's one of the many perks of CrossFit for which I am grateful. The community of CF is talked about all the time and to those on the 'outside' it may seem phony. To those of us on the 'inside' it's powerfully true. The community is as diverse as the numbers of people in it. By diverse I'm referring to energies.  As with any group, not all energies are rosy and gentle, but the mix of everyone is important. I know I wouldn't be who or where I am now without meeting many of the people I have met through CrossFit.

Sometimes the 'why' of an energy in my life, rosy or blue, is a mystery, but begrudgingly eventually I'll take the time to dig because I'll want to find a balanced place for it within me. Some require heavy work, some just a quick look then a nod of "thank you".

Seconds change minutes that change days that change life directions.
The second I met my husband opened up a life that led to four more amazing people in my life...our daughters.
The second I was encouraged to try CrossFit opened up a life that has me living with my eyes wide open, not just in a foggy haze of growing old.

If you haven't read Albom's quick, interesting book, I recommend it.
If you have, then do you, also, ever think about:
Who would you be if you had never met __________?
Where would you be if you had never met ___________?