The only exercise some people get is jumping to conclusions, running down their friends, side-stepping responsibility, and pushing their luck! ~Author Unknown
i am just getting back from the gym where i particpate in cardio classes (step) 3 or 4x per week. it is one of the easiest ways for me to get into a calmer frame of mind. strange i guess, but after i exercise and get my heart rate up, i feel like a junkie that has just had a maintenance dose. it calms me down, i feel more awake and less emotional, and more ready to face the day.
it's strange, because i first started doing aerobics in the mid eighties. i can't remember if i wore leg warmers, but i definitely wore a headband on more than one occasion. the strange part is that about 2 years into the aerobics thing, i remember a day in october of 1986 that i almost passed out during class. i had felt a completely opposite effect from the exercise. i remember taking myself to the doctor that week.
about 2 weeks later i got my hiv diagnosis. my closest friend was then in the hospital. he was seeing his last days. he was having his second or third bout of pneumosistis and was a skeleton. i miss him still.
not sure how i got into that, but i guess it's about the exercise. exercise told me something was wrong with my body. when i consistently work out, and something is going awry, maybe my body telegraphs information to my brain. another instance:back in november of last year, i pulled both calf muscles in a week. i remember thinking at that time, it has something to do with my job. i didn't heed the message, but i wonder if my body was telling me to pay attention to something in the back of my mind.
what i know to be true for me is that i love music. i love to dance. i love aerobics. part of being healthy for me is to honor those loves. and i find that the more i honor them, the more i am honored in return.
blast from the past for ya today.... from 1990..... this definitely captures some of my past.
