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In a single day, the human body has both awed and betrayed me.
If you take step back from your every day perspective and really watch what a body is capable of - speed, flexibility, movement, strength - it's almost perplexing. These aspects can be easier to appreciate when you're a spectator, witnessing someone else's body take on these feats.
But there are also those moments when your own body can amaze you. Usually for me, those moments occur when I manage to knock down the boundaries that my mind has set for my body. They tend to be fleeting, but powerful nonetheless.
Unfortunately, as swiftly as your body impresses you, it can also let you down. You wake up with that slightly agitated feeling in the back of your throat. It grows into a consistent scratchiness as the day wears on. The sinuses start to feel heavy and you find yourself fatigued, despite doing nothing.
I suppose, in some way, even the body's betrayal deserves a certain measure of awe. And now this complex machine of mine is tired and needs to give its immune system a fighting chance.
the grass is green somewhere \11.17\
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If you take step back from your every day perspective and really watch what a body is capable of - speed, flexibility, movement, strength - it's almost perplexing. These aspects can be easier to appreciate when you're a spectator, witnessing someone else's body take on these feats.
But there are also those moments when your own body can amaze you. Usually for me, those moments occur when I manage to knock down the boundaries that my mind has set for my body. They tend to be fleeting, but powerful nonetheless.
Unfortunately, as swiftly as your body impresses you, it can also let you down. You wake up with that slightly agitated feeling in the back of your throat. It grows into a consistent scratchiness as the day wears on. The sinuses start to feel heavy and you find yourself fatigued, despite doing nothing.
I suppose, in some way, even the body's betrayal deserves a certain measure of awe. And now this complex machine of mine is tired and needs to give its immune system a fighting chance.
I think that I've known for most of my life that truly great friends are difficult to come by, but also that they're the ones worth putting in the effort to find and keep. Over time, I've seen that people have differing definitions of friendship. For me, it's pretty cut and dry.
The people that I want close to me don't have to be exactly like me. Our personalities can be distinctly different. Most of our interests can lie at varying ends of the spectrum. At the end of the day, though, differences aren't nearly as strong as the innate connection.
If your pain makes my gut wrench, or your good fortune brings a smile to my face, then we are on the same page where it really matters. If we can be bluntly honest with one another and it leads to productive solutions instead of drama, there's a true and trustworthy foundation there. If you manage to find some of my quirks to be assets, you're clearly a keeper!
Some of these people are present nearly every day in my life, some regularly bob in and out, and others may fade out for longer periods. Ultimately, I've realized that these are my people, the friends whom I want to be there for despite time, distance, weather conditions, whatever the obstacles may be. I'm much less interested in surface-level acquaintanceships.
bus stop rainbow \09.24\
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The people that I want close to me don't have to be exactly like me. Our personalities can be distinctly different. Most of our interests can lie at varying ends of the spectrum. At the end of the day, though, differences aren't nearly as strong as the innate connection.
If your pain makes my gut wrench, or your good fortune brings a smile to my face, then we are on the same page where it really matters. If we can be bluntly honest with one another and it leads to productive solutions instead of drama, there's a true and trustworthy foundation there. If you manage to find some of my quirks to be assets, you're clearly a keeper!
Some of these people are present nearly every day in my life, some regularly bob in and out, and others may fade out for longer periods. Ultimately, I've realized that these are my people, the friends whom I want to be there for despite time, distance, weather conditions, whatever the obstacles may be. I'm much less interested in surface-level acquaintanceships.