Freezing cold after work today so no walk no stretches no exercise for this athlete. Maybe I am in transition to a different endeavor. Too many expectations when I label myself an athlete so I will let that go. I am my own personal trainer and coach. Who has ever heard being too cold an excuse for not exercising when one has a cozy apartment with a carpet to stretch out on?.
Martha Graham said, "we are all athletes in training. Whatever you spend MOST of your time doing is your athletic endeavor." Currently my endeavor is putting one foot in front of the other and that means doing a lot of what feels like absolutely nothing.
Monday night 5PM normally I would be heading to ballet class. Is there a normal? What do I mean by normal? When my routine gets changed I feel I am not normal. WHAT???Who wants to live their life in a routine anyway? I would be the last to raise my hand and yet when I cannot accomplish what I plan to do I feel like something is wrong and I need to fix it NOW! Life is so much more complicated so through all my lessons what have I learned? My response to change wavers back and forth between feeling angry and sad with sprinkles of relaxing and smiling knowing this too shall pass.
Derrick Rose an NBA athlete has not spoken for 17 days. One year he was the youngest player to be voted "MVP". Last year he had to take the whole season off to heal a torn knee. He just came back this year to play again only a few games then tore his other knee and is out for the rest of this year. He is 24 years old. His mother told him "inspiration comes in times of adversity". He shrugged his shoulders.
When I read this story today my heart went out to him. My prayer is he will find a way to heal and the courage that will take may help others along the way.
Martha Graham said, "we are all athletes in training. Whatever you spend MOST of your time doing is your athletic endeavor." Currently my endeavor is putting one foot in front of the other and that means doing a lot of what feels like absolutely nothing.
Derrick Rose an NBA athlete has not spoken for 17 days. One year he was the youngest player to be voted "MVP". Last year he had to take the whole season off to heal a torn knee. He just came back this year to play again only a few games then tore his other knee and is out for the rest of this year. He is 24 years old. His mother told him "inspiration comes in times of adversity". He shrugged his shoulders.
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