Small Triumphs

I got on the subway today! A simple thing but important. It felt to good to get on the subway and head to the city and meet a friend for lunch. I was happy to see midtown from the train. I didn't have any trouble, at least not until I got home and really felt how tired I was and yes tonight I am a sore.

I talked with my friend today about making choices about what I am going to pick up again, maybe finding new activities and very importantly considering how I can make my creativity a more central part of my life. I talked about my long held fear, that goes back to someone squashing my idea of being a poet, of putting my creativity out there. Along with this fear is the being afraid I don't have the resources or the support to do it. I know it may sound silly but there it is. It feels good to put it out there and get it out of me. Well this is one of those life challenges that this recent journey has brought back into focus for me. ----(soma is helping write my blog tonight). I have renewed hope, even a little courage even to take the first steps to determine if I could do it - to find out what resources are out there - heck I maybe planning how to keep working for my retirement - to keep myself active after I stop going to a 9-5 job. If this one thing I have learned recently - take things a step at a time and for this I think I know the first step - and that is always the beginning of a journey.

Okay - I can't sit here any more since I am a little sore - so I will sign off now.....