I Am Me

Walking into the gym that morning, my heart was downright heavy for I had just had an interaction with someone who didn’t appreciate my honesty. I would not stay however, in heavy and had every Intention of getting back to happy.

So my workout began. When I workout I don’t stop. I pace or dance or groove to the rhythm in my head in between sets so that I am constantly moving. In between a set of squats I saw a young woman doing chin-ups. I found my feet walking towards her and when she was finished I told her how I wish I could still do what she was. The conversation that followed with this beautiful Soul had me flying.

I was told that she had just confided to a friend on another day that she hoped to look like me when she got older. “Oh wow, thank you!” I exclaimed as I grinned. I inspire her by doing what I do I was also told.  She was astounded I was not plugged in but yet managed to dance and groove. I laughed telling her I move to my natural rhythm. Then when I told her how old I am, her jaw dropped in disbelief. Oh how I soared even higher. And laugh again? Oh yeah! When our conversation ended, we exchanged names, shook hands, and laughed together just because it felt so darn good to be free of spirit. Here the Universe gave me a Gift, a young woman I knew I would be seeing again and talking to at the gym. For the JOY! That initial despair was now completely gone.

I went back to my leg workout with a huge smile on my face. I moved and I paced back and forth between sets, and groaned for those weights felt so heavy for some odd reason! This workout was so far from easy. By the end of my squats and before my hack-squats sets, the sweat was already evident. Yet I continued bee bopping from one machine to the next.

Then I saw Michelle, a young woman I spoke of in my last post and approaching her we hugged and spoke a little, not too much for both of us were in the middle of a serious workout. Then later doing abdominal crunches, the young man who was with her, I said hi to as he passed me. He stopped, shook hands with me, introduced himself and in that conversation he also told me I am an inspiration to him and he is in awe of what I do in that gym. This coming from a young man! I was blown away! How good the Universe was showering me once again with another Gift. My Gratitude knew no bounds!

I do not workout to be noticed. I do my own thing. And that “thing” has begun to touch some in that gym without me knowing it. I am inspiring others just by being me!! I am being observed and hopefully how I workout, not only knowing what I do but performing perfect form, others too will be incorporating those concepts in their workout. What more could I possibly ask? I felt amazing, like superwoman! All three of those people because I have 40 years experience in a gym, I offered my help to at any time. I even told Michelle, who is just learning how to seriously workout, to ask me to help her out.

Just by being me, I am inspiring others. Now don’t that beat all!

That ends my little story for this day. Now on to the pictures. I did something a little different this year. I took pictures of individual leaves from different trees and bushes as a way of saying, “Missed you shall be.” I love foliage. I love leaves. And when those leaves are gone I go through a period of grieving. However, I don’t stay down long, with renewed Intention I adjust to the new Season, and then I find the mystery and the miraculous in it.

The very last pictures are my award winning ones. You’ll see why when you see them. The saying goes, I was in the right place at the right time and not only that, Mother smiles abundantly and then some in my direction. As a young woman shouted to me when she saw me take these pictures, “You’re pictures have to be awesome!” I grinned, said thank you, and replied, “They are!”

My Award Winners

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