Thankful for an easy list

Airport departure list
Thankful to have a smartphone that doubles as a camera. Board at Gate 12.

 

Thankful for:

  • Having the funds to buy three roundtrip tickets.
  • Having time off to travel.
  • Having someone to visit.
  • Having a safe aviation system
  • Having a reliable car to make the one-hour drive to airport.
  • Having people to travel with me.
  • Having funds to rent a car in Allentown.
  • Having 93 and 90-year old In-Laws who still recognize our faces.
  • Being able to have a paperless boarding pass.
  • Being able to check-in online with my phone, especially from the Nursing Home.

This is tip-of-the-iceberg stuff.

The list goes on and on and literally never ends.

Does this mean i’m oblivious to the long-list of challenges, frustrations, and disappointments?

 

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

 

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.

 

Five simple blessings from a crushed dream

Apple Watch display
Two days ago, this notification was for the flight to Paris.

 

A few of the blessings from a crushed dream. Was able to answer yes to each question:

  • Are you still alive?
  • Are you still healthy?
  • Are you still able to run?
  • Are you cognizant that you had the time and money to invest in this dream?
  • Are you grateful that the dream ended differently than you had hoped?

These are just a few of the first thoughts. The foundation for all the other wonderful revelations.

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Simply being able to run pain free is gold

Honeymoon bicycle trip
1984, in the Puget Sound.

 

Tomorrow is the day i was supposed to fly to France for the 2015 WMA Masters Track & Field World Championships to represent the Team USA in the 400 and 800.

Have accepted the reality that an injury has made it a no go.

Rather than wallow in sorrow, i’ve been relishing the reality that simply being able to run pain free is gold.

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Time will tell and all we have is time

Landscape truck with company tagline
Who’s taking care of your health?

 

Time will tell and all we have is time.

Walked out to the mailbox like i do every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday and began walking (instead of running). After the first mile, began a slow jog which lasted two miles and included a break or two to stretch.

Walked the final mile home.

No pain.

Time will tell if the freakish, sometimes debilitating pain will raise it’s ugly head.

Such is our life whether we live like we mean it or not.

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