do your push ups and drink your coffee

I want you to be the most jacked employee at Waffle House.

This was my advice to a young patient. He has nothing but time.

But the funny thing about time is…

It feels like an eternity of choices. At least when you’re young.

And then one day, you wake up and you’re old, and the choices are fewer and fewer.

But my friend is still young. And there’s still time for him to get into shape and do something with his life.

You might think my advice to him was odd. Somewhat superficial. And in no way relevant to the grand scheme of things.

Others thought he was depressed. And losing himself in video games. I saw something else.

I saw an aimless man with unlimited potential.

He could change his life one push up at a time.

This wasn’t just medical advice. This was spiritual advice. Ancient and primal.

The only way out. Is the way in.