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This is where I write my thoughts, feelings and my daily trials, tribulations and happy things
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| Prompt: Courage "Courage doesn't always roar. Sometimes courage is a quiet voice at the end of the day saying, 'I will try again tomorrow.'" Mary Anne Radmacher What do you think courage is? Is courage an innate quality, or can it be learned and developed? Courage is facing up to adversity with the attitude that says “this has to be done/ faced/ confronted” and just do it. Such a lot of energy is wasted by fighting against the inevitable, it’s best to just grin and bear it. There have been so many times in my life when I’ve needed courage as I am sure has everyone who has ever lived. When I was called upon to show courage the first time was when I was sixteen and my mother was gravely ill. My brother, who seventeen, and I had to run our delicatessen by ourselves. We kept the business going ourselves whilst our mother hovered between life and death in hospital. She recovered eventually but was never well and the business was sold. The next time I needed to call on my courage was when I was giving birth and I admit I didn’t show much, but the second time around it was different, I said nothing, didn’t cry out or make a sound as I birthed my twin babies. No energy wasted, eyes shut and just got on with the job. That was a good lesson for me. Since then there have been numerous times I’ve needed to call upon that courage: Illnesses, operations, deaths, children’s dramas and devastating news. Yes, I’ve broken down and cried but as we all must do in the end, shown the courage we all have inside us. |
| Prompt: Have you ever thought about climbing Mt. Everest or one of the other notable 7 summits? If not, what other physical goal have you dreamed about trying? Did you go for it? On a less strenuous level, what physical activities do you regularly do? Climbing Mount Everest has always been WAY out of my fitness level even on my best days. I’ve always tried to keep my fitness level to a little more than most people and I was a Gym Junkie before the term was invented, As soon as my three kids were at school full time I joined a gym. This was in the late seventies. It was an all women’s gym and we swam in the nude and no one cared about nudity. Then came the unisex gyms, it was never quite the same. I liked the group classes, the Jane Fonda, leg warmer era, we all thought we were the best in our leotards and head bands. Then came the powerful women era when we all lifted weights above our heads, dead lifts etc. This still continues but at eighty-one my body is showing the results of all the wear and tear I put it through over those years. It’s also encouraging me not to do anything anymore except for Aqua therapy classes which I’m still attending. |
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