{"id":32294,"date":"2023-04-10T14:15:19","date_gmt":"2023-04-10T21:15:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/?p=32294"},"modified":"2023-04-10T19:33:17","modified_gmt":"2023-04-11T02:33:17","slug":"philosophical-fitness","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/philosophical-fitness\/","title":{"rendered":"Philosophical Fitness"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was unexpectedly motivated this week by Daniel Nettle\u2019s book, <em>Personality<\/em>. \u00a0Psychology in general has never excited me and I negatively anticipated an Enneagram-style survey of some kind that was going to inaccurately \u201cdefine me,\u201d or accurately define me but I may disagree. I have completed various assessments in the past but find they tend to describe me more on that day than overall. My personality tends to change depending on the need, opportunity, or even the mood I am in. \u00a0Perhaps I need more self-awareness and I am simply out of tune with my own self? I am honestly not sure. \u00a0What I do know now, with some help from Daniel Nettle, is that I have a lot of good and bad characteristics, thoughts, and feelings that affect my patterns and behavior, make me unique, and shape my personality.<a href=\"#_ftn1\" name=\"_ftnref1\">[1]<\/a> What I found most interesting and inspiring from this book is, <em>why<\/em> this happens and how can I use this to optimize the best me? In other words, if I tend to entertain different personalities based on the environment I am in, how can I maximize the \u201cbest me\u201d consistently, and what led to that outcome?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Assessing Self-awareness <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I spent a lot of time in prayer this week. I changed the direction of this blog at least three times, and I have over 3000 words in the lower part of this document that will probably never be used anywhere. It was not a waste though. I realized this morning that Nettle\u2019s book, <em>Personality<\/em>, has genuinely helped me become more self-aware, and writing for over a week about it was therapeutic and awakening. It was a surreal experience for me because I do not have a lot of coaching experience, yet I felt like I was coaching myself all week with the help of the Holy Spirit. It felt like I was on the couch of a psychiatrist or in Tom Comacho\u2019s office talking through my own solution why he listens and pries deeper with simple questions that help me lead to my own solution; that I may have subconsciously known all along\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>With respect to word counts, I will try and briefly summarize the key points of my own self-assessment, inspired by <em>Personality<\/em>, by Daniel Nettle.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>What is the best me?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I have conducted many fitness and medical assessments on individuals in the past. I may use a 3D Body Scan, a questionnaire, and a physical evaluation of some kind, but the data will always define the past. In my own assessment this week, I took a different approach and spent less time focusing on my past and more attention on the future, or the \u201cbest me.\u201d I concluded after many \u201csessions\u201d that if we as Christians are to die to ourselves and rise up in Jesus (Luke 9:23, Galatians 2:20, 2 Cor 5:17), the \u201cbest me\u201d should look a lot like Jesus.<\/p>\n<h3><strong><br \/>\nMy <em>Jesus Fit <\/em>(best me) Evaluation<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><br \/>\nDetermine Goal: <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To become Jesus Fit. To experience the fullness of God to the best of my capabilities and be a servant to His needs and desires for my life and those I influence.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biblical Principle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified.\u201d<a href=\"#_ftn2\" name=\"_ftnref2\">[2]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Treatment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Repent and submit to follow (disciple).<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biblical Principle: \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.<a href=\"#_ftn3\" name=\"_ftnref3\">[3]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Define Disciple:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscipleship means \u2018\u2019discipline!\u2019\u2019<a href=\"#_ftn4\" name=\"_ftnref4\">[4]<\/a> \u2013 C.S. Lewis<\/p>\n<p>disciple (n.) \u2013 Dicionary.com;\u00a0 a person who is a pupil or an adherent of the doctrines of another; follower:<a href=\"#_ftn5\" name=\"_ftnref5\">[5]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Biblical Principle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And he said to them, \u201cFollow me, and I will make you fishers of men.<a href=\"#_ftn6\" name=\"_ftnref6\">[6]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Treatment:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Become mentally, physically, and spiritually fit (mind, body, soul) to maximize the efforts of the protocol.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hypothesis:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The combination of fitness levels determines one\u2019s <em>Jesus Fitness<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Biblical Principle:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Now may the God of peace himself sanctify you completely, and may your whole spirit and soul and body be kept blameless at the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.<a href=\"#_ftn7\" name=\"_ftnref7\">[7]<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Define Fitness:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>When I reflect on the word fitness, I immediately associate it with physical exercise. I have a passion for the industry so it is natural for me to amalgamate physicality with the word. However, I believe \u201cfitness\u201d is truly an open expression that connects many areas of our personality, character, and behaviors. It is multi-dimensional and can be used to illustrate countless metrics of performance, such as mental, intellectual, social, and emotional. For example, many would consider someone who is active, healthy, and exercises regularly as, \u201cphysically fit.\u201d We may also assume individuals who practice regular spiritual acts such as worship, prayer, and service to be \u201cspiritually fit.\u201d These endless characteristics make each category of fitness distinct; however, there is one quality in all forms of fitness that is inherently constant\u2026 <em>discipline<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Determination:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If I am to be Jesus Fit, I need to disciple. If discipleship is discipline, and discipline is the distinct common denominator that links all forms of fitness, discipleship is disciplined fitness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jesus-Fit-simple-info-graphic.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-32295\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jesus-Fit-simple-info-graphic-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jesus-Fit-simple-info-graphic-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jesus-Fit-simple-info-graphic-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jesus-Fit-simple-info-graphic-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.georgefox.edu\/dlgp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Jesus-Fit-simple-info-graphic.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusion:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The best me is when I am Jesus Fit. When I am connected to the Spirit and staying in tune with his song and not mine through faith and discipline. There are many steps that I hope to improve on but the Goal is clear and I have a better understanding of my own behaviors and motivations for activity and reward. I need to keep my Jesus Fitness elevated and by doing so, I will have elevated behaviors and fitness levels in many areas of life; regardless of which of the big five personality types is tempted to come out that day.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref1\" name=\"_ftn1\">[1]<\/a> Nettle, Daniel, Personality<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref2\" name=\"_ftn2\">[2]<\/a> 1 Cor 9:27, ESV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref3\" name=\"_ftn3\">[3]<\/a> Mat 38:19, ESV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref4\" name=\"_ftn4\">[4]<\/a> https:\/\/www.cslewisinstitute.org\/resources\/the-discipline-of-discipleship\/<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref5\" name=\"_ftn5\">[5]<\/a> https:\/\/www.dictionary.com\/browse\/disciple<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref6\" name=\"_ftn6\">[6]<\/a> Mat 4:19, ESV.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"#_ftnref7\" name=\"_ftn7\">[7]<\/a> 1 Thessalonians 5:23, ESV.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was unexpectedly motivated this week by Daniel Nettle\u2019s book, Personality. \u00a0Psychology in general has never excited me and I negatively anticipated an Enneagram-style survey of some kind that was going to inaccurately \u201cdefine me,\u201d or accurately define me but I may disagree. 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