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13 July 2009
Run For Tim's
I found an alternative to the inflatable punching bag which I was advised to purchase… run the distance of a soccer field — 9 rounds. My knees were buckling, I was panting like crazy I almost gave up on the first round. What I did was to alternate running and power walking. Run on the first round, walk on the second round. Run on the third round, walk the fourth, and so on… until I got on the 9th round 25 minutes later. Then I made a beeline for Tim Horton’s for an iced cappuccino. From the shop’s doorstep was a highly recommended 7-minute exercise for balance — a walk with an extra-large cup of iced coffee in one hand, a box of dozen Boston creme doughnuts balanced on the other — all the way to the apartment. No, I didn’t have the doughnut for breakfast. I had a small piece of French bread, freshly baked by cousin-Ariel-bear, with the coffee instead. It’s only much later that I had a couple of Boston creme for snack. ;-D
I was forced to run. I had been putting it off for two weeks until my cousin’s wife, Ate Vanz, got fed up with my talks-of-walk-but-not-walking-the-talk so she dared me… I didn’t want to part with my $20 so I had to get up at 6 a.m. to walk-the-talk so off to the soccer field I went. The side-trip to Tim Horton’s was a sweet treat which only cost me less than $10. ;-)
The run is an effort to stay in shape — mentally. The physical benefit’s just secondary, a bonus, for me. I have been strongly advised by my doctor bestfriend, Rebz, to steer clear of drugs so am taking an alternative therapy. I was supposed to run again the next morning before heading off to work but my thigh and leg muscles are still sore from the previous day’s work-out. So a power walk has to do for now. Running two days a week is not bad… especially when Tim’s Boston creme and iced cappuccino are just waiting around the corner. ;-D
09 July 2009
Sweet Side of Solitude: SSShhh Moment
The comfort, the peace and quiet that solitude brings is priceless. A bliss! I wish I find this very rare moment of solitude more often. The time to stop, take stock, and quit resisting change.
Just as we allow emotions to roll through us, we come to terms with the fact that people pass through our lives — like “passing ships in the ocean” (as my dear friend the ‘crazy crow’ once put it). People come, people go. We let it happen. We allow the transitions. It’s when we put up a fight and resist the flux that we suffer. So we welcome change. That’s how we turn into well-orbed earthlings, I guess. ;-)
Sometimes new circumstances make it impossible for old situations to continue. However comfortable we’ve been in the old (joyful or joyless) ways, getting out of that comfort zone is the only sane choice… unless you want a stunted growth. Even if it means bloody crawling your way out of “it”, out is the best way to go. Jobs, loved ones, relationships — all must go through fundamental changes. It’s hard. It’s inevitable. But it’s definitely possible and achievable. And you’re the sole soul who’s best to do the job. Alone. No one else is ever going to do it for you. No other soul to live your life for you.
You can do it.
A moment of solitude is just what you need to start things right. Your self is your best company for now. Cherish the moment. Drink in the glory of it.
Savor. The. Sweetness. ;-)
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