Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Did I Peak Too Early?
As a function of age, I'm worried that today, 11/9/10, might have been impossible to beat.You know, if something really great occurs, one believes after age 42 that nothing like it could ever happen again. At the state park beach there were more people than anytime since I've been down here (6 weeks now). The temperature was 75 degrees. The sun was bright. No clouds. On account of the time change, I was actually at the beach later than usual - by an hour - plus, I got there a little late. The sun was beyond my usual midday position so there was a real pretty shimmer on the water. I don't usually see pelicans at the beach but they were there today and kicking the asses of those sea gulls as far as getting optimum perching spots. The water was as brisk as Grand Traverse Bay when the wind is from the south - cold but great. I swam out to the buoy marking the swimming area - twice. In between I read two newspapers and successfully did both Sudoku puzzles. Wow, what a day!
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Glad to see the posts are still coming. I learn things here, like the use of the term callipygian, not to mention how much friends like Rocky must like you by encouraging you to go to dangerous unknown places at night or get your body painted.
ReplyDeleteAlso glad that things went so well on this particular day. The nice thing about setting your own record for great days is that you can then try to top them, so I'd say that peaking should never be a worry - just make the next even better.
I remember a story about a great musician (although I can't recall his name) & he practiced his scales every single day. He did this even into very old age. One day he concluded practice & told a caregiver, "I truly believe that was the best I've ever done with practicing my scales." He died later that same day. Hmmm...should I have shared that story? I think it was supposed to be inspirational in the context in which I read it, but sounds pretty freaking depressing here. Oh well...guess you're right. You should be worried about peaking too early!