Someone mentioned that they worked out with their husband but he had had surgery so she was waiting on him to recover so they could get back to working out.
Someone else stayed home from church because their spouse was sick.
A friend mentioned she would like to lose weight, but her husband wasn't on board with making the changes.
What is the common thread in each of these stories?
It is basing what we do on what those around us are doing.
"If your friends all jumped off of a cliff, would you?"
It's a response many of us heard while growing up. When we asked permission to do something and told our parents, so and so is doing it.
It shouldn't matter what so and so is doing - if we see that working out is important for our continued health, then let's keep doing it.
If our spouse is sick and unless they really need us there or are contagious- let's go on and go to church. It helps encourage those who have to go to church by themselves all the time.
If we want to get healthy then it shouldn't matter what other people in our household or families do. Let's put our health as a priority in our lives and move forward in that direction.
Just because other people are doing this or that does not mean we have to follow along and especially if it's something that will hurt us- physically, mentally or spiritually.
So don't base what you do on what people around you are doing. DO the things that you know you need to be doing.