Memoire - May 31st, 2016 -

A briefer one at that...but nonetheless home from work with an apparent strain/sprain of my sternocleidomastoid, trapezious muscles with spasms as well. For 3-4 weeks I've been running, walking, lifting weights, doing jumping jacks, pushups, core routines and yet I manage to injure myself cutting a 1/2 inch tree branch with 12-inch pruning sheers. I have been seized up since last night and am unable to turn my head enough to manage driving on my own. Missing a day of work to manage an injury, one that somehow brings me to my knees if I happen to turn my head in haste, is depressing. Yet I can see how proper rest and nurture of the injury can allow for 'getting back in the ring' as quickly as hopeful for.

Any other point in my last 10+ years of life would have me indifferent to such an injury, yet now that I've been pursuing a greater physical fitness it is deeply frustrating to realize you have to calm down the up-play in order to play it up again. I suppose I can still keep my cardiovascular routine in walking, rather that there is always something to be thankful for. However, injury is not something I care to make time for, but will have to.

So in conclusion, at least I am not so far from resuming what has been temporarily halted. I am trying to look forward instead of focusing on that which has set me back. I'm hopeful to have found a drive prior to injury, as at very least I can expect recovery instead of accepting it as something to always reach for...as if a victim rather than resilient.

Peace and Love always.