The Love Challenge - day 3 - what do I remember I love today?
Exercise. Seriously! Specifically going jogging in nature somewhere!
Yes, I also sometimes struggle with the first 10-15 minutes or so, and yes, but there comes a point when suddenly everything opens, and it flows, and I end up with that broad grin on my face, where everything looks beautiful, and all but the most grumpy people you meet smile back, and the sight of a cow or a bird makes me break into song. There is just nothing like that runners' high to make me feel connected to everyone and everything I love under the sky, and I miss it so much when I can't do it for a few days!
And yes, I know it is not an efficient way to lose weight at my age anymore, and that there are more efficient ways of doing so - Siri & Bek are currently showing me a few, and I do those, too. - And no, when I go jogging for fun I don't push past my comfort zone - when it goes up, or I am too exhausted, I walk, or look at a bird, or tree, or smell the flowers, or stretch or, yes, sing to the cows or horses on the paddocks on the way, and that IS why my body loves it so much still that I sometimes run twice as long and far than I planned that day - it's like I get pulled just a bit further, and right around the bend.
And yes, for a while I had these aches and pains, too, that most people think are normal if you reach, say, 35 and beyond,but I found the real reasons for it beyond the fashionable jammering - and it IS fashionable - and it took me a while, and the real causes were often more than surprising and in in a completely different part of the body than I expected, and click, just like magic, suddenly I could run again without problems. Turns out that it is worth investigating limiting beliefs...
And this is where the most amazing insights happen - whether it is a breakthrough in something that bothered me, release from tension, a spiritual experience, or I simply find the pure joy of living again - being able to exercise is a gift!
And a bit to inspire...
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