I think about circumstances and how they affect our behavior a lot. The text that I linked grazed that topic, too: https://peakd.com/hive-168869/@beelzael/everyone-is-too-much

Not everyone grew up with the mindset that is necessary to even be aware of what is going on. Nor with the possibility to even want to be aware. That, too, is influenced heavily by the environment. And trauma.

I do believe that most of the time, where there's a will, there's a way - but the will must be stronger than the obstacles given against it. The gym being far means the distance is an obstacle, and it needs enough willpower to overcome that. Plus the people around. A friend has a pilates studio here, and one of her students told her that her friends where making fun of her for doing so much exercise. That elderly woman is incredibly fit, while her friends start drinking in the morning and are definitely not fit. And yet, they bully the healthy one.

It takes strength of character not to be influenced by that. And certainty that one is doing the right thing.

Thank you for commenting! A pleasure to see you here :-) How are the bougainvillae pictures doing? Here's the last I've taken: