... Ah, the legendary Gary Moore!! The memories his songs bring back to me... student years, high school, he had something for my happy moments and he sure did have something for my blues... And every time I put on my walking shoes (yeah, yeah, I got a new, hi-tech pair, after having read dozens of reviews, did it the right way :) and go out in the sun to burn all those chocolate calories, I keep hearing him in my head... "walkin'... by myself..."
This summer I have no complaints from the dutch weather... true, there have been some slip-ups, stormy-dark-cold-wet days, but just a few really. And so far I have been enjoying the good weather by walking out a lot... and, yes, this does give me the illusion that I can go on eating that damn good "Ben&Jerry's" strawberry cheesecake ice cream without gaining weight... key word: illusion... But ok, bad it is by no means, walking for a couple of hours a couple of times a week, that is... But it's not all about burning the ice cream calories... it is mostly about clearing my head! After work, where I constantly fry my brain, I need those moments of solitude, on the road, music in my ears, sunshine on my face and nothing to think about...
Yes, it is a great pleasure! One better than shoes! Those of you who run or walk will know what I mean, the precious feeling of being alone with the road, the wonderful tiredness afterwards, sometimes even the pain (need I really talk about it again? :) Totally worth it! So, I should get going not to miss the sunshine! Perhaps I will be seeing you around...
Monday, 11 July 2011
Wednesday, 6 July 2011
the bright side!
Well, here I am, lying on the sofa with an ice pack on my right shin, foot high up on a couple of pillows, following the golden rule of r.i.c.e (rest, ice, compression, elevation.... ok, technically, I have not compressed it... but you get the point...) and watching "My best friend's wedding" on TV... kind of pathetic... I know... as I knew I walked a lot yesterday... I knew also for quite a while that I need to buy new sneakers, I mean, for someone who spends such a high percentage of my salary on shoes, I have no excuse walking around in my 8-year-old, worn out trainers which do not support my feet anymore...
But, in spite of all the knowledge, I did walk a lot, I did admittedly have immense fun doing so, I did it in my wrecked sneakers and I do now have what apparently is called "shin soreness"... And it is a challenge to actually locate the bright side of the situation and share it with you... arguing on top of it that looking at it is better than shoes...
Hmmm... let's see... well, I will have to go shoe-shopping... which is good... and I did manage not to give up and run all the errands after work though my foot hurt as f*** and walking, and driving, was an ordeal... So, yeah, that's it! That's the bright side! Mind over matter, will over pain! Surely there is nothing seriously wrong with me, I only need to rest a bit and use all the ice I had in my freezer, but it does feel damn good to find out I am a strong, exercising woman, dealing with injuries in mature way and not such a cry-baby after all! And that's better than shoes! Yeah! Go me! ...literally, got to go take of the ice pack now... ;)
But, in spite of all the knowledge, I did walk a lot, I did admittedly have immense fun doing so, I did it in my wrecked sneakers and I do now have what apparently is called "shin soreness"... And it is a challenge to actually locate the bright side of the situation and share it with you... arguing on top of it that looking at it is better than shoes...
Hmmm... let's see... well, I will have to go shoe-shopping... which is good... and I did manage not to give up and run all the errands after work though my foot hurt as f*** and walking, and driving, was an ordeal... So, yeah, that's it! That's the bright side! Mind over matter, will over pain! Surely there is nothing seriously wrong with me, I only need to rest a bit and use all the ice I had in my freezer, but it does feel damn good to find out I am a strong, exercising woman, dealing with injuries in mature way and not such a cry-baby after all! And that's better than shoes! Yeah! Go me! ...literally, got to go take of the ice pack now... ;)
Tuesday, 5 July 2011
maturity...
...is a weird thing! As such, hence, it is not better than shoes... being weird and all... but, there is thing that comes with maturity which I think is marvelous! And that is the knowledge of how little control we have over almost everything in life and the power to still survive knowing it! Like, learning to keep our balance over trouble water, if you like...
When I was younger, so much younger than today (in the words of the legendary Beatles) I had these big ideas about control... I used to think that if I told people how I wanted to be treated, as a reward to my honesty they would just do it! That I would make their life easier by explaining what I wanted... I thought that I could control my life, where the wind blows me, what I do in every situation... Ah, youth... I could not have been further from the truth... which came to me along with the wrinkles around my eyes and the effects of gravity in my body...
The truth, dear readers, is that we have minimum or not at all control over practically everything, limited to what we say or do only, and that other people will just do what they can, say what the want and, well, basically that's it! Plans are made to be cancelled, statements are made to be taken back, commitments are to be broken and even if we never do any of these hideous things, others will! Because that's the best they can do! There is no point in judgement, it's human nature! And the only thing that can prepare us for when things go belly up is to expect it! Accept the probability of being let down, realize the fact that we have to learn to cope with the change, with the unexpected, with the uncontrolled! Ask, yes, in order to receive but do not think there is a rule which says that if you ask you will receive!
The only rules we can (more or less...) assure to be kept are the ones we impose to ourselves, in my view these being the steps to our freedom, and as for the rest, well, whatever! Learn to cope with limited control, that's the secret :) be mature! now that is better than shoes...
When I was younger, so much younger than today (in the words of the legendary Beatles) I had these big ideas about control... I used to think that if I told people how I wanted to be treated, as a reward to my honesty they would just do it! That I would make their life easier by explaining what I wanted... I thought that I could control my life, where the wind blows me, what I do in every situation... Ah, youth... I could not have been further from the truth... which came to me along with the wrinkles around my eyes and the effects of gravity in my body...
The truth, dear readers, is that we have minimum or not at all control over practically everything, limited to what we say or do only, and that other people will just do what they can, say what the want and, well, basically that's it! Plans are made to be cancelled, statements are made to be taken back, commitments are to be broken and even if we never do any of these hideous things, others will! Because that's the best they can do! There is no point in judgement, it's human nature! And the only thing that can prepare us for when things go belly up is to expect it! Accept the probability of being let down, realize the fact that we have to learn to cope with the change, with the unexpected, with the uncontrolled! Ask, yes, in order to receive but do not think there is a rule which says that if you ask you will receive!
The only rules we can (more or less...) assure to be kept are the ones we impose to ourselves, in my view these being the steps to our freedom, and as for the rest, well, whatever! Learn to cope with limited control, that's the secret :) be mature! now that is better than shoes...
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