"The greatest discovery of any generation is that human beings can alter their lives by altering the attitudes of their minds." - Albert Schweitzer
I'm just settling in after a nice night with my brother, aunt and uncle and am thinking of winding down my crazzzyyyy Friday with some reading. It's funny, I picked up and looked at two different running books at Brookline Booksmith and have yet to finish Born to Run, but I really do NOT want to read about running right now. It's like the pages are teasing me. I loved reading Born to Run and then feeling so inspired to go out and run myself afterward, so for now, I need to just focus on something else.
I was talking to my friend AR today about how I feel like I'm in purgatory. I go through these waves of feeling really energized and optimistic to feeling like I'm drowning in my own sorrow and things are never going to get better and I'm not going to be able to run Disney OR the Marathon. We started a discussion about alternative methods of healing, and she suggested a book I'm going to try and find tomorrow called Heal Your Body by Louise Hay. It's about the power of positive thinking and healing your body through meditation. I also got onto thinking about going to acupuncture--which I never really considered before, but the more I've mentioned it to people throughout the day, the more positive feedback I've heard about it. The only thing is, it's a litttttle pricey. So lastly, I made an appointment for Sunday to have a Reiki session done. My Mom has had them done before at home, and I'm hoping that, if anything, it will help get my emotions and my being back in balance, which will hopefully help my body to heal itself without so much stress. If anyone has any acupuncture references or any other suggestions, please let me know! I will try anything right now!
...Could all of this also be related to the mind/body conflict? Except, the power of the mind over the body to heal itself?
Morning Sammy -- My aqua-robics friend over-trained only once and swore never again(she's 60). Currently she does half marathons, runs every day, babysits grandkids, takes care of a 99-yr-old Dad so you see there is a life after the Boston Marathon(her daughter has run it twice).You're doing your best and can ask only so much of your body. We are so proud of YOU!! Granny
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