Adventure – Women Growing Bolder

Playing with resistance – Just keep moving

July 31, 2017September 6, 2017
by terrymf

Not long ago I began going to a water fitness class . As a non swimmer, I am amazed how much resistance I feel in the water. How is it that I think I am exerting enough to move myself and yet don’t? After months of practice, I was positively giddy when, noodle between my legs, pumping my legs furiously in a bicycle motion and arms pushing the water behind, I actually moved forward. I hear the playful tinkle of my giggle as if it were someone else’s. My philosophy is just keep moving. I’m in the pool!

This is causing me to wonder about the connection of resistance with other new things I am trying. I am learning to shift from bulldozing through seemingly insurmountable mountains to moving with the flow of what wants to happen next. Just like in water at times my movement forward is easy and fast and other times slows to an almost stop. I am creating what I want at my essence pace.

Each encounter leads me to ask how can I be easier with this? Is this the right time? Has fear stopped me? What am I learning? Am I asking for support? Am I having fun? Am I choosing how I use my life energy?

I committed to experiencing joy and fun during my third act. I am no longer at the effect of bureaucratic deadlines. I love to learn and I AM learning. I just keep moving. How about you?

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Am I Doing What I Want?

July 17, 2017September 6, 2017
by terrymf

Am I doing what I most want to do during my precious life on earth?

That question leapt off the page as I read Conscious Loving Ever After by Drs. Gay and Kathlyn Hendricks. That’s a million-dollar question, isn’t it? Without a crystal ball to know how much time I left on earth, I become more keenly aware that if I’m going to choose I’d better do it. My grandfather’s dream of traveling to HI was cut short one day. My father’s aspiration to take classes with a senior discount never came to be. What am I waiting for? The voices of my elders, the examples of olders who travel in booming adventures urge me on.

It’s all about choosing, experimenting and taking action. I am trying new things, no matter how big nor small. Experimenting with new foods, adding bright colored skinny leg pants to my wardrobe, showing up at events where I don’t know anyone, making new friends. You get my drift. Some things are big…starting a new business. Some things are silly shifts…sit at the counter for breakfast.

If my choice doesn’t work, so what? The world, my world, will not end. I just will make another new choice. A key work in my previous sentence is “just.” Reminding myself that it’s no big deal, I didn’t like it or I don’t want to are all options. I feel so liberated. What’s your next choice?