Exercise became part of my first aid kit for when I am in a bad mood or when it seems that I am not into anything at all. We all have those days where we just feel like wondering around trying to find the meaning for something...those days where we just want to buy a movie ticket, to sit , to eat all day while watching the film of our lives, or finding the meaning of those people that bump into you, strangers, friends, ex friends, ex lovers... The fastest way to get out of this boring picture is to force myself to move and to exercise, to see people, to try to reconnect my mind to my body, listening to music, breathing, waking up my muscles and balance, having a good shower and coming back to being the lead in the film that is my life. We could do other things, yoga, singing, boxing, talking to a friend, shopping, gardening...each person has their own way really, but exercise brings me back to the ground. Everyone knows its benefits. In the beginning it's harder to have discipline, because it's painful, we wake up muscles we didn't know they existed, sometimes we just don't know what to do, which exercise we should do and we anxiously expect to look better in the mirror but nothing seems to happen. I think most of all, exercise should be part of our lifestyle. When it is, we automatically change other things in our lives: our eating, sleeping and mental habits, and those are the greatest changes and benefits which consequently, have a positive influence in the way we perceive ourselves in the mirror.
I don't know...somehow I am reflecting a quote from the Portuguese writer, Fernando Pessoa: "I'd woken up early and took a long time getting ready to exist"
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