By:Jennifer Ryan
Date: 05. 08. 08   At 6:24 pm  

Day 150 - Holding My Head Together
Creative Commons License photo credit: Menage a Moi

The other evening when my girls and I were out walking we came close to the playground and I noticed a girl, about 10 years old, who was swinging as fast, as hard, and as passionately as she could. From my vantage point, behind her, I could see how she thrust her legs out as she swung up and then tucked them hard under her as she swung back. Thrust up, tuck back, thrust up, tuck back. She moved with such strength and energy that you almost felt that she’d just had a huge argument with her playmate and was blowing off some steam.

I remember those days; how about you? Even now I wish we could all blow off steam like that when we find ourselves in sticky spots but since most of our cubicles, offices, and homes don’t come with a handy swing set ready and waiting, we have to find other ways to get rid of any extra harmful energy we carry. Here are my favorite ways to do this: >> More..

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