9/15/10

thoughts on living

On September 10, we learned that the 27 year old daughter of friends had passed away last Sunday from cancer.  We only met her a few times when she was younger and they lived in the area, but it was still devastating news.
I had various thoughts over the course of the day.  One was, fuck it, let's go to Baskin-Robbins for dinner.  After all if someone that young and healthy can get cancer, I certainly can also.  Another thought was to get on the treadmill and run until my legs gave out and not play it safe.  By the time the morning came around I had backed off of that one.  I did run 15 of the 35 minutes on the treadmill to cover 2.57 miles.  It may not seem like much but it was to me.  Another thought was maybe I should write a blog and let out my thoughts.  I wasn't sure about that one but here we are.
This morning my thoughts were about taking my time in the present moment.  Not worrying if I had enough time to lift weights at the gym.  Not concerned about the wait at Starbucks.

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