Hello Friends! As we come into the long weekend. Canada Day celebrations are on the docket. Regardless of how you feel about this ‘holiday’, being the kind humanitarians that we are, I don’t feel this is the platform to express those thoughts. It’s a great time to come together as a community and pay our respects to the ancestors who walked before us. I’ll be at the Get Canadian fun run if you want to zoom by for a high five or a hug!
This past weekend I "unsuccessfully" hike/ran Beat the Buzzer. I did NOT beat the buzzer on my 4th lap. Left me at about 26ish km, and I was OK with that. I did have an internal battle with the ego and the self-caring self, however. It was an interesting fencing match going for sure. The ego saying "suck it up and get it done," the softer, loving self-care side saying "it’s ok, just walk." Thankfully the latter won. I did heed the warnings, a few little tweaks in the body had me wondering why I was out there at all! I participated for several reasons; it’s my favourite trail event, support the running community and organizers, mostly though, to be out in Mother Nature. I’ve been missing her. I needed her rain to cleanse me, her earthy smells to nourish me, her trails to lead me, and her squirrels to distract me. It was glorious. At one point I was out there all alone and started to play that game from childhood, where one person names an animal and then you must name one starting with the last letter. I turned mine into self-affirmations… it was humorous talking to myself (Mother Nature was listening) … it started out simple… "I am grateful"… "l" … hmmm… "I am lagging behind"… nope try again… "I am loved"… "d" … "I am driven"… "N"… "I am nice (naughty)"… "e" … "I am evolving" … "g"… "I am grounding"… "g" again.. damn… "I am green?" Ha no … "I am glorious"… "s" … "I am speedy" … nope… but let’s take it… "y"… "I am yoga(not Yoda)"… Then I remember things got pretty rad and I found a state of bliss, even though my body was done. I realized the voice saying "it’s OK" was 100% right. It was OK!! I am OK and that’s OK!! I don’t have to win or lose to be OK. I am and continue to be simply OK. That lovely goldie locks place of being just right. Fantastic! … "c" … "I am compassionate (good one)." Focus, Dina, focus! Remember that book I’m OK, You’re OK? Self-study at its best!
So how about we play a little more, let go of stuff (literally) and just be OK!
Beautifully exhausting, sometimes chaotic, memory making, heart pumping LIFE! It’s yours, it’s waiting … Live it Now!
