"Joy and pleasure are as real as pain and sorrow and one must learn what they have to teach. . . ." -- Sean Russell, from Gatherer of Clouds

"If you're not having fun, you're not doing it right." -- Helyn D. Goldenberg

"I love you and I'm not afraid." -- Evanescence, "My Last Breath"

“If I hear ‘not allowed’ much oftener,” said Sam, “I’m going to get angry.” -- J.R.R. Tolkien, from Lord of the Rings

Sunday, September 02, 2007

Inspirational

From Christy Hardin Smith, this post on maintaining.

I need to. Dance exercises do it for me -- modern dance, which from my teachers took a lot from yoga and quigong and tai chi and stressed one thing over and over again: "listen to your body and don't try to do anything that makes it cry."

Particularly with my history of joint problems, particularly knees, I should never have stopped. The only time in my life that I can remember my knees not hurting is when I was studying modern dance fairly intensively -- I mean, four classes a week. That's also the first time I had any muscle tone in my belly.

So, if Christy can do it, I can do it. All I have to do is remind myself that I once looked like this:

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