Living An Active Life

     Something that is very important to me is being healthy and living an active life.  This probably is one of the bigger challenges that I see in America today because of all of the temptation of fast food and other horrible food choices.  These companies make it very easy for people to get this food because they might have something called a "Dollar Menu." Now it pretty likely that many people that go to Macdonal's are going to consider ordering off of the dollar menu because well, its a dollar. In addition to that, know one wants to spend or then that if they are looking for a quick lunch or dinner.  I really have a huge problem with this.
     It really isn't fair to all of the people here in the US to have these places have food for so cheap because it is enticing people to buy their product when people know that there is 29 grams of fat in a Big Mac.  Obviously that is horrible for you, but people are looking at the nutritional facts on the back of the box because why would you.  But this is the problem that many people are obese.  It shouldn't be legal to sell food to people that is generally horrible for their health if our country is so focused on making sure that people are healthy and all that.  If the US is going to do anything about make sure that people are healthy and are going to live a long life, then they need to really consider getting rid of all of the fast food places in America.  Or at least limit the amount of them in the country.
     This transitions into my next point about how people should live and active life to help their health.  For example, there is the Play 60 sponsored by the NFL to get children to have at least 60 minutes of exercise a day.  Great I think that this a fantastic way to make sure that children are being active.  But what about everyone else? They should be at least getting 60 minutes a day of active.  Even if that is going on a 2 mile walk at least they are exercising in some way to help with their health. At least where I am from there are gyms popping up all over the place now because people are trying to be healthier and change their lives. That is so important and should be encouraged by the government or some type of high power in the US.  I honestly commend those people that are 250 LBS and up that are going to the gym or exercising because at least they are trying to change their lives for the better and they are the true inspiration for getting healthy.  Not someone that is ripped out of they mind where you can see every single muscle and you can have an anatomy lesson just by looking at them.  Now I understand that those people either take steroids or do something that isn't natural, but regardless they can be someone that people can look up to and say "Hey I might not be able to get to that level of fit, but at least I can try!" I just think that if your live a healthy life then other things in your life will just fall into place.

Never Give Up

     Never give up is something that I have lived by for my whole life and it is a real testament to who I am. I understand that this sounds very cliché, but it something that can describe what type of person I want to be.  I take a lot of things in my life very seriously and it really helps me push towards my goals and just makes me a better person.  It puts many things in perspective for yourself in what you need to work towards and what you have achieved.  One thing that I take very seriously is soccer because it has been a job for probably the past 7-8 years of my life.  The practices where you can't hold back in and have to put everything into everything you do makes you better.  Never giving up on anything in soccer has gotten me to where I am today.  I can thank some people in my life for pushing me to my limit to where I thought I wasn't going to make it, but you have to put everything you have to get better.  If your not going to put everything you have into something then why do it?  If your going to get better at anything then your going to have to practice it so many times to get better.  There have been many long trips to Texas, Florida, and Canada just to name a few.  So many hours of practice have gone into make sure that when it comes time for those games I am ready to perform at my best when the whistle blows.

     I have this type of mentality when really doing anything in life outside of sports.  School is a huge commitment and I have to divot many hours of homework to make sure I understand the material that we are learning.  Being and education major make you retain a lot of information that you will carry onto the next class and have to apply it to what your learning then.  It only right that I put that type of effort into making sure that I will be a great teacher and make my students understand the material so they can be successful.  In addition, making sure that the students that have special needs I am making sure that they met.  Just having a mentality to never want to give up have brought me to where I am today and I wouldn't have it any other way.