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Peace

Friday, October 13, 2023, For the past several months, I've been training for a half marathon (13.1 miles or about 21 kilometers).  The race is 9 days away from today and, for the past ~2 months, my running training has amped up to very long amounts of time, long distances, etc.  I've found that, when I do a 9 mile training run, I feel that, to help recover, my body insists that I sleep in.....all that to say, for awhile now, my normal 4:15am waking time, has been chucked out the window on most days, and I sleep in as late as 6:00am (or even later, I'm afraid).  Today, for whatever reason, I naturally woke up at my normal 4:15am time (even before my alarm went off).  I'm on my mat writing this before I've started my practice and, for whatever reason, I felt a strong understanding of why I come to my mat, why I've developed a practice, and why I believe time spent on my mat is, by far, the healthiest thing I can do for myself......... ....Peace is what's obta...

Follow Your Heart (But Bring Your Brain Along With You)

Tuesday, October 3, 2023, To make money, and profit from human emotion, the entertainment industry (which includes news, commercials, music, movies, etc.), has romanticized all aspects of life.   The phrase " I love you " in a movie has become the ultimate thing, and isn't that just the ultimate thing to say to someone, and it's it just the ultimate thing that someone can say to you , etc. Unfortunately, hearts/emotions are subjective and fickle, and change with the day, mood, blood-sugar, etc..........in a way, that means that emotions and "feelings" aren't real. One of the many unfortunate side-effects of the entertainment industry is the over-romanticizing of normal day-to-day life.  Over-romanticizing things distorts our thinking and, if allowed, will begin to distort how we act and react to things in our lives.  An example of this distortion is over-interest and over-complication on emotions and feelings.  Emotions and feelings are not real and, wh...