Swimming & Running
I think it's important to focus on moments in your life when things just seem to flow from one moment to the next, I think today was one of those days.
I went for a swim around 4.30pm the water was lukewarm and welcoming and it felt great as I slid into the water. It almost felt like she was caressing me as I submerged into the blue. The thing I love about swimming and running is that you can totally loose yourself in the moment.
I did my front crawls and my breaststrokes lost of how many I did. Each stroke was just focused on the pull and the gliding of my body in the water. It felt almost surreal, the blue of the pool sparkling and reflecting the rays of the gentle evening sun.
Pull, push and glide. Pull, breath, kick and glide. I think that was all that was going through my head during the laps, how to fine tune each stroke just little bit better, to glide a little further on the stroke. I think for swimmers it's always good to remember that water is very, very much like life? The more we struggle, the more we try to go faster, the more bubbles and turbulence we create around us. Sometimes it is easier to focus on what can do best and just go with the flow. To use the entirety of our body in the movement such that each stroke is effortless cause every muscle in our body is used to propel us forward.
I did a few laps of butterfly next, it's still the most tiring stroke for me, after all I just picked it up in January?
I had told someone told me today that I would like to learn how to play the piano? And he said it is too late, I told him that it is never really too late to learn anything. If I am willing to put in the time and the effort into making myself the very best at what I do then I’ll still be able to achieve it. No, I doubt I will achieve world-class standards as compared to people who have played all their lives, but I will be a decent player I suppose.
I remember my muscles screaming at me, asking me to stop the torture, yet at the same time my mind was asking me to push on just that little bit further, knowing that I could afford that last kick or that last pull.
So yeah it is never too late to pick up something new, and it is the amount of effort that you have put into something that really makes it great.
Strangely enough I actually found enough energy to go for a run at 9pm, I did a short 4.5km run. Something was really different tonight, everything seemed crisp, the air was light, and the street lamps brighter. I felt energized as though the air was abuzz with energy. I stepped onto the streets and in contrast to my swim, everything seemed to be so real, I felt like a small child looking at things for the very first time. I wondered why the lights seemed so bright, the air was so fresh, I marveled at being able to breathe the fresh air, did it rain?
I hit the play button on my iPod and well this song came on.
It was a pretty perfect song to begin the run, after all the recent weeks have been filled with new and amazing friends. Friends who have changed me, and perhaps made me a little better if not confused. *grin*
As I said I felt somewhat like a child tonight while running, everything seemed fresh and new. The sky was broad, so broad I wondered when it would stop. Her arms were spread wide open and shimmering blanket was laid out for me to see. I saw Orion’s belt peeking out of the corner of my eye and each time I looked there seemed to be a new star joining the cacophony of lights.
I love stars, I have always thought of them as romantic, they are always there, regardless if you see them or not. They share their intense light even though they are millions of light years away. I often think of my many friends as stars in the sky, and I think it holds quite true. It has been my privilege to have know so many precious people, whom even though we have been so far apart, when we meet it is as though not a second has passed between us. I guess to me that’s true friendship to be there regardless shedding light on each other’s lives, always watching never complaining.
Okay one thing did spoil my mood for today. I found a cup of the liang cha I made in the mini fridge… someone apparently kept it for this long and as J says “Oei! Don’t drink that I use it to extinguish my cigarettes wan!” #$^%&*()
Go and die, can forget about me pouring any more liang cha for you tmd cb.
I went for a swim around 4.30pm the water was lukewarm and welcoming and it felt great as I slid into the water. It almost felt like she was caressing me as I submerged into the blue. The thing I love about swimming and running is that you can totally loose yourself in the moment.
I did my front crawls and my breaststrokes lost of how many I did. Each stroke was just focused on the pull and the gliding of my body in the water. It felt almost surreal, the blue of the pool sparkling and reflecting the rays of the gentle evening sun.
Pull, push and glide. Pull, breath, kick and glide. I think that was all that was going through my head during the laps, how to fine tune each stroke just little bit better, to glide a little further on the stroke. I think for swimmers it's always good to remember that water is very, very much like life? The more we struggle, the more we try to go faster, the more bubbles and turbulence we create around us. Sometimes it is easier to focus on what can do best and just go with the flow. To use the entirety of our body in the movement such that each stroke is effortless cause every muscle in our body is used to propel us forward.
I did a few laps of butterfly next, it's still the most tiring stroke for me, after all I just picked it up in January?
I had told someone told me today that I would like to learn how to play the piano? And he said it is too late, I told him that it is never really too late to learn anything. If I am willing to put in the time and the effort into making myself the very best at what I do then I’ll still be able to achieve it. No, I doubt I will achieve world-class standards as compared to people who have played all their lives, but I will be a decent player I suppose.
I remember my muscles screaming at me, asking me to stop the torture, yet at the same time my mind was asking me to push on just that little bit further, knowing that I could afford that last kick or that last pull.
So yeah it is never too late to pick up something new, and it is the amount of effort that you have put into something that really makes it great.
Strangely enough I actually found enough energy to go for a run at 9pm, I did a short 4.5km run. Something was really different tonight, everything seemed crisp, the air was light, and the street lamps brighter. I felt energized as though the air was abuzz with energy. I stepped onto the streets and in contrast to my swim, everything seemed to be so real, I felt like a small child looking at things for the very first time. I wondered why the lights seemed so bright, the air was so fresh, I marveled at being able to breathe the fresh air, did it rain?
I hit the play button on my iPod and well this song came on.
Click to viewIt was a pretty perfect song to begin the run, after all the recent weeks have been filled with new and amazing friends. Friends who have changed me, and perhaps made me a little better if not confused. *grin*
As I said I felt somewhat like a child tonight while running, everything seemed fresh and new. The sky was broad, so broad I wondered when it would stop. Her arms were spread wide open and shimmering blanket was laid out for me to see. I saw Orion’s belt peeking out of the corner of my eye and each time I looked there seemed to be a new star joining the cacophony of lights.
I love stars, I have always thought of them as romantic, they are always there, regardless if you see them or not. They share their intense light even though they are millions of light years away. I often think of my many friends as stars in the sky, and I think it holds quite true. It has been my privilege to have know so many precious people, whom even though we have been so far apart, when we meet it is as though not a second has passed between us. I guess to me that’s true friendship to be there regardless shedding light on each other’s lives, always watching never complaining.
Okay one thing did spoil my mood for today. I found a cup of the liang cha I made in the mini fridge… someone apparently kept it for this long and as J says “Oei! Don’t drink that I use it to extinguish my cigarettes wan!” #$^%&*()
Go and die, can forget about me pouring any more liang cha for you tmd cb.