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Reality Check After posting my blog yesterday I thought back to when I started swimming regularly. I had a job where I “tele commuted” 2 – 3 days a week as part of one of those cut down on the use of cars promotions . I would get restless being home alone and sitting at the computer all day so I started taking a mid-day break. It was summer and I usually went for a swim. When the water got too cold that winter (We didn’t heat the pool because it was over the top expensive) I decided to continue at the nearby (walking distance) community pool. I had not been swimming in anything other than the lake and my own pool in about 10 years. My first day there I was whining to my self – “I’m too old (I was something like 45). I’m too fat and have flabby thighs. I don’t swim as well / fast as I did “ and so on. The first person I met there was a woman about my age in a wheel chair. She suffered from a progressively debilitating muscular diseases. Her care giver would help her get into her bathing suit, wheel her to the pool in her wheel chair, use the lift and lower her in the water where she would “wiggle” through her laps using only her arms. The next person I met was an older lady who probably weighted 300 + pounds. She was red faced and out of breath. She had a heart condition and had to get in shape if she wanted to live. Then there were the 3 – 4 older people who could no longer drive transported in by the local dial a ride. I felt pretty silly about my vain concerns. I left feeling grateful that I could still drive (even if the pool was close enough that I walked there), had flabby but perfectly functioning legs, was free from life threatening health issues and that my swim was an option not a must. This was about 25 years ago. I’m older, flabbier, slower and have had to modify my work outs to accommodate now but I am still not as bad off as those amazing people who motivated me and put things into perspective. Spiritwoman ^i^ |
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I give thanks every day for the good health I am privileged to enjoy at my age. Alfie...
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8/20/2014 5:57 pm |
I reminded myself again when I did yard work today. It is hard, hot uncomfortable work and not as much fun as it used to be, most of my friends hire it done BUT I am still doing it! Spiritwoman ^i^
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8/20/2014 5:59 pm |
Definitely. As chuck said to a friend who complained about going to "another" funeral - "At least you got to come home." Spiritwoman ^i^
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8/20/2014 6:00 pm |
At our age we see more and more examples. Spiritwoman ^i^
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8/20/2014 6:01 pm |
I give thanks every day for the good health I am privileged to enjoy at my age. Alfie... Spiritwoman ^i^
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8/20/2014 6:03 pm |
Our health and situations may not be perfect or what we want then to be but we those who are worse off are all around us if we open our eyes. Spiritwoman ^i^
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8/20/2014 6:06 pm |
Me too. I am reminded of how when I had a particularly active and difficult toddler I was so envious of people who had toddlers that just sat quietly. Then I went to work for DFCS and saw why those kids were so quiet. After that I literally rejoiced over my healthy, noisy active kids. Spiritwoman ^i^
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8/20/2014 11:33 pm |
A personalized version. Spiritwoman ^i^
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