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Listen — are you breathing just a little, and calling it a life?

Author KarenPosted on August 22, 2017August 24, 2017Categories quotesTags Mary Oliver

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Easy hike up #watphalat with @jimmymanic last week Easy hike up #watphalat with @jimmymanic last weekend. Loving #chiangmai so far. 😎 #chiangmaihiking #chiangmaithailand
This was the highlight of 2022. My Dad started wal This was the highlight of 2022. My Dad started walking at the end of last year, after preferring a wheelchair for over a decade. He even started "jogging*" 😱😮😊, which is kinda crazy, and also lost a little weight. I'm really proud of his progress. But even more impressive than his progress, was how hardworking, motivated and persistent he was during this exercise, just like his young self. 😎 Thanks @mastersaumik for all your help, guidance and expertise. He couldn't have done it without you.
What is this skill called? — minus the coach hol What is this skill called? — minus the coach holding my hand and me putting my hand on the floor 😂😂😂 Mucking around with a new skill because the #sideaerial training was killing me. This coach is brutal. He says, "It's very easy! It's a Level 1 skill." #adultgymnastics #normalizeadultgymnastics #normaliseadultgymnastics #adultgymnastsunite #adultgymnasticsclass #latebeginner #namethatskill
Another city, another attempt at the #sideaerial Another city, another attempt at the #sideaerial which this coach calls the #arabian Who knew that getting the middle splits would feel easy compared to this? I haven't given up but I don't think I'm going to prioritise it to the extent that it keeps me in one place training with one coach. It'll have to be become a nomadic skill and be okay with whoever the coach is when I travel. #adultgymnastics #latebeginner #chiangmai #chiangmailife #forwardmotion #bringiton
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