One Thing I Hate

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 I hate sermonizing about my Spirituality.  It's personal and isn't meant to be shared.  This is why I'm isolated from many and am exposed to just a few.  I've thought about joining a gym, but I did some light weed pulling the other day and thought that maybe joining a gym might not be a great idea.  I could overdo it in a gym.  My body isn't used to a great amount of exercise.

Maybe I could afford to put on some added weight.  But I'd have to slowly work up to where I was when I stopped going.  I just can't dive into exercising.  My heart functions between a half to sixty percent.  And sitting on the patio in the Florida heat and humidity is almost like a sauna.  I'm going to have to be careful at first and I think my wife and family worries I'll do too much too soon.  And maybe I might.

I can work up a sweat by working outdoors in the heat and humidity here.  And I am finding I tire very easily.  So, my thinking is that if I'm supposed to go to the gym I'll get there.  I can afford some added bulk, if I so choose.  My fear is that I might do too much too soon.  It took a month of light exercise before I got on the treadmill after my heart attack, but of course now what I have left is much stronger than it was after my heart attack.

But I have to remember that in all I do, I'm still a heart patient.  Nothing can change this.  I will be one the rest of my life.  I can't train for a marathon or for running sprints.  There is much I cannot do.  But I tire easily and need to work on building stamina since I have little of it.  I tire too easily.  But that will take time.  So, my thinking is that there isn't much I can't do around the house, but I must be careful working outdoors.  

I can't just hop on a treadmill and walk four miles an hour for 20 minutes like I used to.  And I must be careful about lifting weights.  And too much bulk can be as dangerous as too little bulk.  So, even a gym will require balance.  I can't do too much too quickly.  Maybe I sit too much smoking a pipe, but maybe what I do is best.  Maybe I just do enough to remain active.  So, maybe no one is in any hurry to get me to the gym.  But sometimes I miss not going.  But it does take a lot out of a morning for me to go.

So, maybe I'm best doing what I do.  If I need to do more I will.  Often I'm content to just smoke my pipe, relax, and meditate.  It is what I do best.  Today it is my Dunhill pipe with some Old Professor and my coffee this morning is Tropical Bahia Brazil,  Thank you for your time and Peace to each one of you.

Dave

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