30-Day Balance Experiment 2010 Day 22

Life after 60....the seesaw of our daily lives.  I felt so good a couple of days ago having exercised three miles (1 mile walk, 2 miles on the elliptical) and getting on the scales which showed me SIX POUNDS lighter!!! Then my back started acting up and shutting me down. The floor stretches after the elliptical are probably what did it. Anyway, happy about losing weight? Yes. Mad about my back? So mad and frustrated I could cry. The good news is several of us sojourners have lost weight without going on a diet! Now that makes me thrilled.

SPIRITUAL thought/action: Accepting the unacceptable transforms and opens up whole new horizons. (Following my first rule of the universe from Magic Refrigerator can be quite irritating sometimes.) Today I accept that my body can no longer perform any of the dance stretches I've done for 45 years. Here's the transformation part: "Almighty God, who art ever present in the world without me, in my spirit within me, and in the unseen world above me, let me carry with me through this day's life a most real sense of Thy power and Thy glory." John Baillie, A Diary of Private Prayer.

PHYSICAL thought/action: Today I will listen to my body in deep silence. I will rest, if my body needs rest. I will eat, if my body needs nourishment. I will give thanks throughout the day that I can see, hear, speak, and move freely.

MENTAL thought/action: "What I dream of is an art of balance, of purity and serenity devoid of troubling or depressing subject matter...a soothing, calming influence on the mind." Henri Matisse

EMOTIONAL thought/action: "By accepting the indescribable joy that comes from communion with you, Lord, may I be ready to accept all circumstances of life with serenity." Mike Anderson, Scent of Life.