March 17, 2004
Coach Ilg,
The events of the last 24 hours compel me to send you this note.
I am a 47 year old, overweight executive who has been fighting with
demons of overindulgence for the past 20 years.� I have rationalized
my situation because of my job, raising 4 children, etc, etc.� Got
your book in January, actually the second of your works I have
acquired over the years.� It all clicked for me, but the old habits
and the ego mind can be formidable foes.
In my present condition, I couldn't even think about doing many of the
exercises or poses in the book.� I read Direct Lines and dream of
being able to accomplish the physical achievements depicted there.�
But last night, doing errands while my son was doing his practice
(soccer), I found myself running from store to store.� Can you imagine
what the other shoppers were thinking when they saw this
short,�overweight, middle aged man running through the parking lot?� I
felt so energized, I couldn?t help it!
This morning when I got up to do my practice I found that one of my
German Shepherds had a diarrhea episode right on my exercise mats.�
Ordinarily, I would have seen this as a sign to go back to bed.� I
simply picked the mats up, threw them out the door, and went on.
Finally, when getting ready for work, I began to get exasperated
because I had left something down stairs in the dining room, from
which I had just come.� Instead of cursing, my usual reaction, I found
myself just taking a deep, cleansing breath.
I would guess that many of your disciples are accomplished athletes,
and your prescriptions for building the physical body are fantastic.�
And while I cannot yet boast huge weight loss numbers or athletic
achievements, I wanted to share with you my small strides during the
last day.� For indeed, what I am experiencing is not Body
Transformation, but maybe Life Transformation, or Soul
Transformation.� For the first time in my life, I feel like I am on
the correct Path, and the Path feels good!
I felt compelled to share this with you to let you know how much I
appreciate all of your efforts in making the tenets of WF available to
us all.� I know it must be very time intensive, and to some extent,
intrudes into your own practice.� I also know you probably get
thousands of these types of e-mails, but it was important to me to
express to you directly my love and appreciation for all that you do.
Regards to you and yours.
Joe Majestic