Tag: Hope

A hole so deep it scares hope away

Quote about our body
From i love to run Facebook page.

 

Yesterday morning and this morning i’ve weighed in at the heaviest in several years.

i don’t like it.

And it reminds me how challenging wellness is.

Note: It’s always challenging, even when you are maintaining. But failing to maintain reminds you that your daily, determined efforts mean something.

Because without the daily focus (and struggle), you can quickly dig yourself into a hole deep enough to scare you out of having hope.

 

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On April Fool’s Day 2009, jeff noel began writing five daily, differently-themed blogs (on five different sites). It was to be a 100-day self-imposed “writer’s bootcamp”, in preparation for writing his first book. He hasn’t missed a single day since.

This website is about our physical health. To easily and safely leave this site to read today’s post on jeff’s spiritual health website, click here.

 

The few, the smart, the hopeful

William Wallace quote
Yesterday from, of all places, a Comic Book store.

 

If you’ve traveled here via Mid Life Celebration, thank you.

Why thank you?

Because if you’ve navigated from MLC you are likely to click through the next three blogs.

What this tells me is you get it.

You get the interconnectedness between mind, body, spirit, work, and home.

There’s even a chance you believe that balance is not a myth.

It’s cool to know there are others who believe in not accepting “balance is not possible”.

 

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This website is about our physical health. To leave this site to read today’s post on my spiritual health website, click here.

Five things i’ve learned (or re-learned) from this current running fiasco

High School Track
A new pain in left calf yesterday.

 

Five things i’ve learned (or re-learned) from this current running fiasco.

 

1. It’s not about competing.

Although competition is healthy and motivating, at the end of the day all that matters is being able to run pain free.

2. Running’s ups and downs are a metaphor for life.

Planning for things is simply that, a plan. No plan is perfect. We must constantly adjust our course. To get injured six weeks before Nationals and Worlds was unforeseeable. i finished last at last week’s Nationals and may not be able to run in France. Life goes on whether we’re happy or not..

3. The real joy is being healthy enough to run.

The things we take for granted are astonishing and embarrassing. Simply being able to run as a 56 year-old is a huge blessing. To have the motivation. To find the time. To enjoy the highs and push through the lows.

4. Be thankful for injuries and pain.

They are signs. And it can always be worse. Be thankful for both. Feel blessed with your stress. It means you are still alive.

5. Injuries (and disappointment) and how we handle them define us.

Others are constantly watching and judging us. What a priceless opportunity to teach the people we care about.

Heading out for a bicycle ride this morning. Heading to Gold’s Gym to work on core.

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Hope and faith round two

Biking on Sanibel
Eight miles one day.

 

Bicycle path on Sanibel
Ten miles the next.

 

Hope and faith round two. Hope the calf pain will go away. Not sure i have faith it will happen before Nationals in 12 days.

And even if it does, the physical conditioning is diminished due to inactivity.

Such is life.

As a small compromise, Chapin and i casually biked the past two mornings.

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Ridiculous yet true

Student and parent at West Orange High School registration
Yesterday at 7:15am.

 

May our lives be filled with an activity list that includes more than just the walks we make from parking lots to work, school, church, and stores.

And may we not be bothered by trying to find a parking space near the entrance.

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