My wife and I had some friends over for sunday lunch, one of which is Fescue from the Mount(Has anyone taken his info?)… anyway, he was asking me about how everyone seemed to be connected and knew when to q, etc. I was showing him Slack, and the Q schedule. That’s when I found out I had the Q. I should probably check that thing more often.
I still have a Mortimer hangover but that’s okay. Only one person showed up that ran in the relay and I understand why.
We did an informal warmup so we could discuss the race. After that we moseyed around the hospital parking lot, down hospital hill and to the front of FPCs sanctuary. There we did sideways box jumps with walk out merkins, 10 each side. Then we did 30 dips IC, 10 decline merkins IC and some stepups or something, not in that order.
We mosey to over to the porte-cochere(a fancy covered walkway). The workout is to do 100 burpees, we start by doing 10, rest by doing 30 seconds of wall squats, repeat 3X, set of 10 then rest by doing 30 seconds of low planks, repeat 3X, sets of 10 and rest by pax 10 counts for remaining sets.
Mosey back to the flag the long way, around the hospital, up hospital hill and back to the flag.
We do a round of mary and wrap up.
Moleskin:
Pumpernickel fought an inevitable losing battle with a [what I’m assuming to be] submarine sized turd this morning. He beefed a beef so dense, humid and disgusting that it put COVID-19 on quarantine in the surrounding counties. Those closest to the initial beef blast are being tested for MRSA, SARS, Ebola, and swine flu. We all have pink eye.
WOD: This virus is real, it’s here, we need to take it seriously. However, fear is not our only option. Faith is not a substitute for following health professional’s orders but if we can remove our personal ego and emotion about his situation then maybe we can view it in a different light.
“There is so much fear, and perhaps rightfully so, about COVID-19.
And, what if…
If we subscribe to the philosophy that life is always working out for us, that there is an intelligence far greater than humans at work…
That all is interconnected.
What if…
the virus is here to help us?
To reset.
To remember.
What is truly important.
Reconnecting with family and community.
Reducing travel so that the environment, the skies, the air, our lungs all get a break.
Parts of China are seeing blue sky and clouds for the first time in forever with the factories being shut down.
Working from home rather than commuting to work (less pollution, more personal time).
Reconnecting with family as there is more time at home.
An invitation to turn inwards — a deep meditation — rather than the usual extroverted going out to self-soothe.
To reconnect with self — what is really important to me?
A reset economically.
The working poor. The lack of healthcare access for over 30 million in the US. The need for paid sick leave.
How hard does one need to work to be able to live, to have a life outside of work?
To face our mortality — check back into “living” life rather than simply working, working, working.
To reconnect with our elders, who are so susceptible to this virus.
And, washing our hands — how did that become a “new” thing that we needed to remember. But, yes, we did.
The presence of Grace for all.
There is a shift underway in our society — what if it is one that is favorable for us?
What if this virus is an ally in our evolution?
In our remembrance of what it means to be connected, humane, living a simpler life, to be less impactful/ more kind to our environment.
An offering from my heart this morning. Offered as another perspective. Another way of relating to this virus, this unfolding, this evolution.
It was time for a change, we all knew that.
And, change has arrived.
What if…”
-Gurpreet Gill
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