When I began my fitness journey years ago, my main goal was to lose weight. Nothing groundbreaking about that one. How many of us are motivated by the idea of hitting a magic number on the scale? I definitely was. When I took on weight lifting over a year ago, I had no idea how …
Meditations in an Emergency and Then Some
"I’ve got to get out of here. I choose a piece of shawl and my dirtiest suntans. I’ll be back, I'll re-emerge, defeated, from the valley; you don’t want me to go where you go, so I go where you don’t want me to. It’s only afternoon, there’s a lot ahead. There won’t be any …
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Running Free and Breathing Deep
Today was a day of ups and downs. Or rather downs then ups, since I started with the former. Let me start at the beginning. I recently decided to start running. This is a major-very-huge-ginormous-big-deal for me. I've spent most of my life saying I can't run for any number of reasons. Too tired. Too …
