Quote of the day – Saturday May 2, 2009

“Examine what is said, not him who speaks.” Arab Proverb

Quote of the day – Friday May 1st, 2009

“When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one which has opened for us.” Alexander Graham Bell

Quote of the day – Thursday April 30, 2009

“To laugh often and love much; to win the respect of intellingent persons and the affection of children; to earn the approbation of honest citizens and endure the betrayal of false friends; to appreciate beauty; to find the best in others; to give of one’s self; to leave the world a bit better, whether by a healthy child, a garden patch or a redeemed social condition; to have played and laughed with enthusiasm and sung with exultation; to know even one life has breathed easier because you have lived – this is to have succeeded.” Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the day – Wednesday April 29, 2009

“Character cannot be developed in ease and quiet. Only through experience of trial and suffering can the soul be strengthened, ambition inspired, and success achieved.” Helen Keller

Quote of the day – Tuesday April 28, 2009

Giving birth is like taking your lower lip and pulling it over your head! – Carol Burnett

Quote of the day – Monday April 27, 2009

And in the end, it’s not the years in your life that count. It’s the life in your years. – Abraham Lincoln

Quote of the day – Sunday 26.04.2009

The whole problem with the world is that fools and fanatics are always so certain of themselves while wiser people are so full of doubts. – Bertrand Russell

The ‘E’ word

Since I was about 14yrs old I’ve lived by this motto quite vigorously:

Every time I think about exercise
I lie down ’til the thought goes away

This is why a certain moment of my day was rather disturbing… My youngest goes to an exercise class run by a physical therapist because she needs some help building stabilization in her lower back and legs. My oldest child was there with us as well today. When it was almost finished the girls wanted to try a treadmill and the physio – nice as she is – helped them get on it. This is when it happened… my mind actually thought: “I want to go on there too!”

I SHOULD! But I have NEVER been motivated for it. I honestly hate it with a passion… Maybe I have a shot now though… I’m working with a physical therapist at the moment myself. Realizing that chronic bursitis in my hips and a neck injury is now – after years of using the wrong muscles for the wrong thing – causing inflammation in both my arms. It seems the only thing that will correct this problem is to start training the right muscles :S I’m not getting any younger (not that I’m all that old, but still) and I certainly don’t need to have the physique and energy of an 80yr old by the time I turn 40.

Stay tuned… maybe I’ll turn into one of these nutjobs after all: