It's been a bit of a slow day, and I don't have any pictures worth posting. Just a few minutes ago, I was contemplating just writing one sentence that said I had nothing to report to keep some semblance of what has become my daily practice intact. It dawned on me just now that I do have some things to report, and I've decided to turn this into a "Gratitude Monday" post.
I am grateful for consolidation periods because they force me to get out of the rut of the routine. I don't know just what I'm going to do with all the time I find that I have on my hands now that walking has been removed from the picture for an indeterminate amount of time, but I know that I can find something useful that ultimately supports that goal of cross country walking.
I'm grateful for the Severna Park Wake Up Group. over the past several years since I was introduced to them, I've come to think fondly of my friends and fellow travellers who are willing to wake up routinely and meet at 0600 to collectively tackle the challenges that life throws our way. In a departure from my past, I now know that "the struggle is real" and none of us are alone in the difficulties we face.
I am grateful for mass production. For less than $50, I have a CAM boot that has kept me mobile during the beginning of my injury rehabilitation. It's an amazing piece of technology combining foam, plastics, aluminum, velcro, and who knows what else into a rigid yet removable adjustable walking cast. I remember the plaster cast that my sister got when she fell off a slide and fractured her ankle back in 1979. It wasn't state of the art, but it was pretty close. We've come a long way in medical technology since then, and there is still quite a bit to be learned.
I'm grateful for snow. Snow coupled with an injury gave me the opportunity to capture some much needed rest, and I feel like I'm better prepared to face whatever tomorrow may bring.
That's a pretty short list, but it's more than I anticipated writing so I'll wrap it up now. I have got to try to remember that when I can think of nothing else to document in this haphazard collection of my stream of consciousness that gratitude is always a topic on which I can write a little bit more.
I am grateful for consolidation periods because they force me to get out of the rut of the routine. I don't know just what I'm going to do with all the time I find that I have on my hands now that walking has been removed from the picture for an indeterminate amount of time, but I know that I can find something useful that ultimately supports that goal of cross country walking.
I'm grateful for the Severna Park Wake Up Group. over the past several years since I was introduced to them, I've come to think fondly of my friends and fellow travellers who are willing to wake up routinely and meet at 0600 to collectively tackle the challenges that life throws our way. In a departure from my past, I now know that "the struggle is real" and none of us are alone in the difficulties we face.
I am grateful for mass production. For less than $50, I have a CAM boot that has kept me mobile during the beginning of my injury rehabilitation. It's an amazing piece of technology combining foam, plastics, aluminum, velcro, and who knows what else into a rigid yet removable adjustable walking cast. I remember the plaster cast that my sister got when she fell off a slide and fractured her ankle back in 1979. It wasn't state of the art, but it was pretty close. We've come a long way in medical technology since then, and there is still quite a bit to be learned.
I'm grateful for snow. Snow coupled with an injury gave me the opportunity to capture some much needed rest, and I feel like I'm better prepared to face whatever tomorrow may bring.
That's a pretty short list, but it's more than I anticipated writing so I'll wrap it up now. I have got to try to remember that when I can think of nothing else to document in this haphazard collection of my stream of consciousness that gratitude is always a topic on which I can write a little bit more.
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