Value.

I went to my gym tonight and did the usual on the treadmill.  3 minutes at steady walk. 7 minutes race walking. Then 10 minutes of jogging. While in race walk mode, I noticed the front desk employee was staring at me. And as I was jogging, I could still see him staring but he was also laughing with a smerk on his mug.after I finished the 20 minutes on the machine, I had blown my headset while in the zone with my music. So before I went to a different machine, I was on my way to get the other pair of headphones from my car.
As I passed the front desk, the same employee piped up and said "leaving already?"

So I stopped turned to him with a what I can only imagine was a twisted smile on my face, and replied...

"No actually, but since you seem so pleased at the fact you thought I was, I'll tell ya...I don't care if you thought I saw you laughing. I don't care if you wanted me to see. People come to the gym to  keep in healthy condition but there are others , such as my self , who come here to better themselves. To become healthy. And you have the audacity to make fun of someone who fights their demons every sing day just to make it out of bed and swallow their fears of torment like this in order to show up here, and make a difference in their lives? If you don't think someone like me should be allowed here just because they are a different size than yourself...*I looked him up and down and said* honestly , you're not in peak condition either by the looks of it. You may be able to run a mile in 4 mintutes....but you do not look like you can. I have pushed myself to be able to run a mile in 7 minutes. And for the size I am, that should be commended. So I repeat,
A gym is not a place to bully, it is a place to uplift. It is not meant to be a place to cause someone to hate themselves it is a place to heal themselves.
So you can laugh you can smerk but at the end of the night....
If you keep up that attitude towards others, you will be where I used to be... miserable, and alone.
But it will not be for what you LOOK like it will be for what  you ARE.
I have demons yes. I have monsters in my head. But for things such as this...YOU are truly a monster. So shove that pitch fork up your puss , that muscle in your chest was clearly wasted. Go fuck yourself. "

And I left.

Lucky for me I saw his name tag and I know the night shift manager.
I will have his ass fired.

Ps...as I was walking to my car I said to my self
"I am proud of you for sticking to your values."

But ya know...
The most valuable thing i know of in my life...,
Is ME.