If Adam Picked the Apple, by Danielle Coffyn

 If Adam Picked the Apple

There would be a parade,

a celebration,

a holiday to commemorate

the day he sought enlightenment.

We would not speak of

temptation by the devil, rather,

we would laud Adam’s curiosity,

his desire for adventure

and knowing.

We would feast

on apple-inspired fare:

tortes, chutneys, pancakes, pies.

There would be plays and songs

reenacting his courage.

But it was Eve who grew bored,

weary of her captivity in Eden.

And a woman’s desire

for freedom is rarely a cause

for celebration.

(daily ex, morning stretching, morning 1.6 mi walk, pm slow jog 2.1 mi)

“An atheist believes that a hospital should be built instead of a church. An atheist believes that deed must be done instead of prayer said. An atheist strives for involvement in life and not escape into death. He wants disease conquered, poverty vanished, war eliminated.” ― Madalyn Murray O'Hair

 (daily ex., morning yoga, afternoon 1.5 mi walk, pm tm jog 2.5 mi)

“Love is what you've been through with somebody” ― James Thurber

 (daily ex, morning yoga, pm slow jog/walk 5.3 mi)

Hard times require furious dancing.

 (daily ex, morning tm jog 1.1 mi,  a.m. pumpkin pie relay walk 0.5 mi, a little stretching)

“Men are afraid that women will laugh at them. Women are afraid that men will kill them.” ― Margaret Atwood

That is why women always choose the bear.

(daily ex, morning stretching, 15 min easy step aerobics, 1.1 mi jog streak saver, 1.5 mi walk)

Don’t walk too far away from the child within you, and never abandon the sense of wonder that magnifies the smallest of things into mountains of joy. For one day, when you lose sight of happiness, that child within can guide you back to the things that once nourished your heart .. ~ Dodinsky ~

 (daily ex., morning stretching, pm 1 mi slow streak saver jog)

Your roots are intact. You'll flower again.

 (daily ex., morning stretching, pm jog 1.5 mi, slow walk 2.5 mi, trying to heal my knee)