After a run 3 mile run on the beach of Treasure Island I was amazed that my spin fitness gave me an uninterrupted jog except for a dip at half way point. Not two months earlier at the Jersey Shore I was having trouble putting more than a couple of hundred yards together before my reduced HR kept me at a snails pace for my out of breath jaunts. I wasn’t jogging then that was for sure but today I actually think that I might be able to put together a 5 or even a 6 miler before long.
The water temperature had to have been 80 degrees plus because it felt like a bathtub in the Bay of Tampa. It also gave me pause for that I need to confront my demon, which is hiding out behind the shadow of kindness. Because for most of my life I cannot bring myself to hurt anyone’s feelings and I wind up obfuscating the truth and causing more damage than the hurt feelings I imagined. This trip has made me reevaluate what is authentic behavior and I realize that I have not been true to myself and therefore had led others down the garden path thinking I have something else in mind for them and me.
Careful you do have limitations. You may in fact feel well until you stride an inch too far.You are a master at ignoring the facts and replacing it with your own version of the truth. And the bodies have fallen in your wake. That is both your's and other's
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ReplyDeleteA point of information... The only beach in Treasure Island is on the Gulf side. The Bay of Tampa sounds good in the passage, no need to change it.