Thoughts while swimming
As I was swimming up and down the pool this afternoon, doing exercise I really love, my mind drifted. It occurred to me that I have many journeys happening at the moment.
I have been blessed to be in the position to be able to take 12 months of leave without pay so I can tidy up a few projects I have been working on for a long time and travel to see special people in my life. (When you're a full time teacher, at the end of the day you come home physically and mentally exhausted, and you can't travel leisurely during the limited school holidays.) So this year has been in itself been a wonderful and fulfilling journey. And the best is yet to come. Only 21 more sleeps, and I'm off on the ultimate road trip of a lifetime, followed by catching up with a childhood friend I haven't seen in 52 years!
I am also on a weight loss journey. I am so grateful to the support team I have who are teaching me about the latest research and understandings when it comes to helping people like me, who have been overweight most of their lives and have tried almost every diet ever invented. I'm learning that apart from being very mindful about what I eat, how much I eat, how I eat and when I eat, I also need to count the calories I consume, drink at least 2 litres of water every day, and exercise. So, I'm doing that and the weight is coming off slowly but surely. Since I started this journey, I have lost 18kgs. There's still a long way to go.
I journey through each day with, at my request, God leading me. Through His word He assures me that he will never leave me or forsake me, and all the while I am learning to be wiser, more understanding, less volatile and impulsive, more grace filled and to have greater faith. I will journey with God for the rest of my life.
I journey with my adult children through the twists and turns of the volatility of life. I journey with my students as they grow in their knowledge and understanding, and I journey with my dogs Missy and Coco as we go on our evening walk most days of the week.
Life is a journey and I'm a gypsy ... always on the move, never allowing myself to be bored.
I have been blessed to be in the position to be able to take 12 months of leave without pay so I can tidy up a few projects I have been working on for a long time and travel to see special people in my life. (When you're a full time teacher, at the end of the day you come home physically and mentally exhausted, and you can't travel leisurely during the limited school holidays.) So this year has been in itself been a wonderful and fulfilling journey. And the best is yet to come. Only 21 more sleeps, and I'm off on the ultimate road trip of a lifetime, followed by catching up with a childhood friend I haven't seen in 52 years!
I am also on a weight loss journey. I am so grateful to the support team I have who are teaching me about the latest research and understandings when it comes to helping people like me, who have been overweight most of their lives and have tried almost every diet ever invented. I'm learning that apart from being very mindful about what I eat, how much I eat, how I eat and when I eat, I also need to count the calories I consume, drink at least 2 litres of water every day, and exercise. So, I'm doing that and the weight is coming off slowly but surely. Since I started this journey, I have lost 18kgs. There's still a long way to go.
I journey through each day with, at my request, God leading me. Through His word He assures me that he will never leave me or forsake me, and all the while I am learning to be wiser, more understanding, less volatile and impulsive, more grace filled and to have greater faith. I will journey with God for the rest of my life.
I journey with my adult children through the twists and turns of the volatility of life. I journey with my students as they grow in their knowledge and understanding, and I journey with my dogs Missy and Coco as we go on our evening walk most days of the week.
Life is a journey and I'm a gypsy ... always on the move, never allowing myself to be bored.
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