INSPIRATION FOR PAST PASSIONS

Tonight I was talking to a colleague who got back from "kite"-ing in Brasil on his time off and I realized I was way out of that league, but I wish I could be in it. So I remember earlier times: I ran a marathon, spent weeks hiking and weekends mountain climbing. These are things I can do again. It is not yet too late, but one day it may be. Therefore I must, soon. I want to learn to kayak, and dance, and sail. I want to hike more, rock climb more, travel more, ride a horse again. I want to be in bathing suit shape and able to run in game of anything - pickup soccer, tag football, Ultimate. I want to be strong enough to kayak and waterski. I want to walk a cold beach and fly a tiny kite again. I want to rollarblade the Circuit Gilles Villeneuve. I want to watch more asteroid showers in the open, be wowed by more Northern Lights, watch more whales, climb more mountains, and ski first tracks in the Rockies.