Practice

Today has been a pretty long day.  Starting with travel back up from the south, a meeting just shortly after lunch, and some work to catch up on and a final meeting that lasted till 1800 rounded out my activities.  After dinner, I put in just under five miles of walking, and now I'm headed to get some rest.  I am tired.  I did get to see what one of my friends calls the "Panther Plane" for obvious reasons while on my inter-terminal shuffle earlier in the morning in Charlotte, NC.  Here it is.

Nose View of the Panther Plane

Side View of the Panther Plane

I really did not have a burning desire to either walk or write anything this evening, but I am powering through both in the interest of keeping up the practice.  The walk was slow, but the weather was cool, and I found my initially reluctant outlook had taken on a much more positive lean by the end of the walk.  I can't speak to having exactly the same results with the writing, but that is probably more of a function of the limited amount of time I've been practicing this particular discipline.

I hope that a year of practice from now, I'll be able to make that same emotional transition with the writing that is now possible with the walking.  Powering through (even just a little) leaves me feeling better and more accomplished than I did when I was entertaining the idea of quitting...just for one day.  Anyway, I won't bore you any longer with my practice.  This post is certainly not my best work, but they call it work for a reason.  Cheers!