momentum
One of Sir Isaac Newton’s theories says something about a body in motion staying in motion, right? Well, there’s definitely something to the gathering of momentum. Momentum collects strength, and this power is what we are going to capitalize upon through TNT (our upcoming thick & thin classes). Today, with holes still in my gums in place of the four (4) wisdom teeth that were extracted last Friday, I finally ventured forth to do the thing I affectionately call the “CampuStomp”. It’s a coupla’ mile (two, maybe?) circumnavigation of the campus, and it is nothing without the iPod and the sunglasses! It was an exhilaratingly beautiful day and I have to say that I loved every sweaty, wonderful minute of it. It was the kind of workout that makes me wonder why I shy from workouts the way that I still manage to do—even after all this time—even after everything we’ve been through (“we” = my body and I).
So, as I mentally prepare for my new classes, and to be introduced to my new students, I ponder. I take a few extra days to let my mouth heal a little more before the first post-surgical downward facing dog, and I wonder just exactly what is that “thing” that was different today than the rest of the days? What is the thing that made me move today, instead of sitting it out (again)? What was the animating factor that got me up (off the proverbial couch) and out to breathe, and move, and sweat, and to feel happy (instead of being unplugged from experience and exiled to my head)? What in me actually ignited the intention and “did the do” today?