Autumn is arriving here. The trees have suddenly changed their frocks from summer green to autumn harlequin gold, red, orange and brown and the leaves are beginning to accumulate on the ground again. At last, it's cool enough to go for walks without carrying bottles of water and remembering to dress in layers so that sweaters can be removed as the air temperature rises.
Now, I try to take a walk before I settle down to the day's chores. After breakfast, the dogs and I head out to visit the pigs and the goats along the street and then to follow the scent and spoor of rabbits and other overnight creatures (well, the dogs do that, I merely trail along in their wake).
Who would have thought, two years ago when I had no interest in any form of exercise because it tired me too much even to walk 200m to the mail box in the wall on the corner of the road and any other form of exercise hurt and caused unfortunate side effects, that I would now look forward (mostly) to my daily yomp around the village lanes?
There is, though, a danger of falling into a routine that becomes inflexible. I was pondering that this morning and thinking about all the things I still want to do with my life. Recovery has made me even more aware of those things - life is so short, and I so don't want it to end on an "if only..."
Now, I try to take a walk before I settle down to the day's chores. After breakfast, the dogs and I head out to visit the pigs and the goats along the street and then to follow the scent and spoor of rabbits and other overnight creatures (well, the dogs do that, I merely trail along in their wake).
Who would have thought, two years ago when I had no interest in any form of exercise because it tired me too much even to walk 200m to the mail box in the wall on the corner of the road and any other form of exercise hurt and caused unfortunate side effects, that I would now look forward (mostly) to my daily yomp around the village lanes?
There is, though, a danger of falling into a routine that becomes inflexible. I was pondering that this morning and thinking about all the things I still want to do with my life. Recovery has made me even more aware of those things - life is so short, and I so don't want it to end on an "if only..."
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