Positivity Award – Recipient Blog (YEG)

When the newest recipient of the positivity award wants to share her experience with it and what it means to her – you can’t help but get excited. Take some time today and meet a little bit of Tayllor and catch a glimpse of why we think she deserves to hold that oar handle.

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I’m honoured to receive the Positivity Award because I wouldn’t say I’m a happy person.

I may fool some of you, but really.

If you take a look over my past, you’d see a bunch of traditionally non-happy things. Like an eating disorder when I was 12 that almost took my life. Or debilitating anxiety and depression—we’re talking the unable-to-leave-my-room kind—that plagued me for years.

But thanks to some excellent therapists, a deepening faith in God, some solid friends who made it safe for me to crawl out of my bed, and the healing that resulted, I discovered something beautiful along the way, something far more lasting than happiness:

Joy.

If I could give each of you a gift—let’s call it a Christmas present—that’s what I’d wrap up and pass out every morning I show up. Actually, that’s what I hope I do.

Because joy is lasting—happiness is fleeting.

Joy is a decision—happiness is an emotion.

Joy comes to us in our darkest moments—happiness leaves the moment things get tough.

One of my mottos is that everyone is going through something, so why not show them that they’re seen?

And I believe that it’s part of the reason I’m here—alive at this moment—so I can make sure that absolutely no one feels like they have to go through life alone, even if it’s just a transfer of joy through remembering their name or running beside them to crush that last rep of Walterdale Hill.

That’s why I love the NP tribe—whenever I’ve felt like I can’t make it, there’s another voice cheering my name, or a hand reaching out to give me a high five. I’ve been here for less than a year, but being a part of this group has changed my life.

So it’s my joy to give that back to you, Tribe. Thanks for honouring me. You’re loved.

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Announcements:

Monday – Gallagher Park
That’s right it’s the historically amazing toboggan workout!! On this day the safety level goes from a three to a little closer to a one. Take the precautions that you need to take. We’ll be meeting like ninjas since we are near houses.

Wednesday – Royal Glenora Stairs
It’s the first workout of 2019, let’s celebrate this together

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Keeping being awesome,

Rob

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