Life's Joys in Movement and nature

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I thought I had kinda figured it out. Yeah one piece of this intricate puzzle called life when I discovered movement. You know, the gym, working out, sweating it out, that sort of thing. ..

There’s something magical about those endorphins, that post-workout glow and during the actual workout ,when you're completely lost in the present. No distractions, no yesterday, no tomorrow. Not even today—just the "now."


Take push-ups, for example. Very challenging to be honest, well ..at least for me. Or When you’re counting down the timer in a plank, there’s no room to think about anything else. It’s just you, your shaking muscles, and that annoying timer. Sure, it’s painful, but it’s only painful -right now. You hold on, push through, and before you know it, the timer goes off, and you’re onto something harder or something easier like jumping jacks or something. Not caring whether the sun sets in the East or West or the variables of Algebraic equations . You know.. Just Living in the moment. Beautiful, right?


But then I discovered  Nature.


Isn’t it amazing that God gave us plants for everything—food, medicine, shelter? Lately, I’ve been spending more time outdoors, and let me tell you, living in the moment takes on a whole new meaning when you’re surrounded by trees and greenery. Wow!It’s like nature and the present are intertwined, in a beautifully  complex, but somehow simple, way. 


I mean, have you ever really stopped to admire a tree? Like, really look at it? The texture of the bark, the twisting branches, the leaves dancing in the wind—it’s all right there.  Now its funny how I just unashamedly used to walk past plants without actually seeing them .You see, It’s one thing to look, but it’s another to see. It’s one thing to know, but a whole other thing to be aware. And perceiving  nature actually feels like a conversation with the universe.


So today I listened to nature and it whispered back . You know what it said,  It was like, “Hey, slow down, breathe, and just be.” So I'll  do that more often.


This little reflection reminds me of Robert Frost’s poem A Minor Bird, where he says:

 "have wished a bird would fly away,  

And not sing by my house all day...”


Frost gets it—sometimes, the simplest things in nature are the most profound, even if they irritate you a little. But that’s just life, isn't it?.

Alright, that's it from me. 

See yah!


Quote of the day:

Adopt the pace of nature: her secret is patience." – Ralph Waldo Emerson



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