really feeling the here & now
Today at the gym, after my cardio, I went over to stretch a little before leaving.As I was doing my stretches I was in front of a mirror, and after coming up from one of my stretches I got a headrush. You know, the kind where you wonder if you should hold onto something just in case? Headrushes are so cool.
My vision began to blur and the world around me slowly starts to fade away. The light starts to dim, you aren't hearing any noise any more... but instead all of a sudden you have this super surreal understanding of reality.
Being in front of the mirror for this today was especially cool. The adreneline of working out pulsing through my veins, the shimmer of sweat on my skin and me all of a sudden coming back to full conciousness, seeing myself standing there. It was like a jolt out of my head and all the thoughts swirling around in my head thinking about everything from relationships, friendships, to-do lists, finances, the weather... they all came to a stop.
And there in that instance, I felt so alive and so happy to be looking at my own face in the mirror. This face, this body and this person within me that is me. I know myself so well... and I listen and take care of myself. And I all of a sudden got a rush of gratitude for feeling so happy to be alive and to be healthy.
As I finished up my stretches I thought of how easy it is to get wrapped up in my brain about little things. And how refreshing it is to have something so simple snap you back into the reality of this physical life. I'm not sure where everything is going in my life, but I sure am enjoying the here and now.
One foot in front of the other and life marches on...
