My life has been way out of balance for many weeks now.  The typical joys have been shunted to the background.  My rhythms are gone.

It’s time to bring them back.  My happiness, and my ability to draw happiness from others, depends on me returning.

To …

Being on the elliptical at the gym

Strength training with light weights

Stretching

Meditating

Playing the cello

Being in Dutch conversations

Singing

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Woh!  That’s seven things.  And there may be more that I’m not locating in the moment.

I have energy again.  I’m not retreating to my bed in the middle of the day.  Here I am, yearning for the bright orange machines at Basic-Fit, the soft green fabric of my meditation chair, my left hand doing vibrato on the A string of the cello.

Today, within the hour, I’ll be stretching on a gym mat and then later flowing the arms and legs on the elliptical.  A short and slow session to begin again.

Sometime in the afternoon, the chair you see will welcome me for the mystery of meditation, as I draw the world close in love.

And tomorrow?

More of me will return