Looking together in the same direction.

Looking together in the same direction.
Sea otters hold hands while they sleep so they don't drift apart.

by my favorite poet, Mary Oliver

"Instructions for living a life.

Pay attention.

Be astonished.

Tell about it."

Mary Oliver


Saturday, February 2, 2013

Happy blogiversary and runiversary to me!




     I've been blogging and jogging for two years today!  It has been a tumultuous two years, as you know if you have been following my blog. I'm sure I would not and will not survive without healthy eating, exercise, daily sunshine, and my dog Charleigh. (Who rescued who?)
     A synonym for survival is endurance.  Maybe that is why I run, to develop endurance. I obviously don't do it for speed.
     I think we all have an innate sense of what we need to do to endure; or maybe it is fate guiding us.  For the short term, I need these small routines to get me up and going every day, and to quell stress.  I am not looking at the long term yet.  Those questions are too big to be answered easily, if at all.  What is my purpose in life?  What am I going to do with the next 40 years of it?  What do I want to do?  Who am I anymore?
     I will take it day by day with baby steps and small goals.  It is the only way for me.

 We need 4 hugs a day for survival. We need 8 hugs a day for maintenance. We need 12 hugs a day for growth.   Satir, Virginia
(doggy kisses will have to suffice)

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