{"id":3602,"date":"2015-05-04T00:10:23","date_gmt":"2015-05-04T04:10:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=3602"},"modified":"2015-05-04T00:10:23","modified_gmt":"2015-05-04T04:10:23","slug":"fine-weathered-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gollypolly.com\/30473\/?p=3602","title":{"rendered":"Fine weathered us…"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"swimming\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This day was full of it, I\u2019ll tell you.\u00a0 The good full of it.<\/p>\n

First and foremost, it is days like these that make you want to do something that makes you happy.\u00a0 I for one, feel so incredibly glad for the warmth and beauty of Spring.\u00a0 The birds were not only singing, they were rapping.\u00a0 Heck, the geese were a laying, the maidens were milking, and there were seven swans a swimming.\u00a0 At least that I could count.<\/p>\n

It makes me wonder what the heck is wrong with those people who say they prefer the bitter, cold, nasty, frozen weather over a day like today.\u00a0 You know the ones\u2026 you see them on the news when it is minus 20 outside, and we have grimy snow piles and ice up to our butts\u2026 and there they are on camera saying\u2026 \u201cWell, Mark, I actually prefer the cold weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

Clearly, they do not get outside on days like today.<\/p>\n

There is just something about feeling the warmth of the sun on your skin.\u00a0 The longer days.\u00a0 Daylight for all.<\/p>\n

Maybe those cold-loving people are a cross between Vampires and Abominable Snowmen.\u00a0 Yeti-Vamps. That has to be it.<\/p>\n

Anyway.\u00a0 Back to the birds, and the bees.\u00a0\u00a0 They were all out today. Flying high in the friendly skies.<\/p>\n

But part of the goodness today was taking my first swim of the year.\u00a0 It felt incredibly good to get in the the pool today. I splashed around, did some laps, but most of all\u2026 I was in water.\u00a0 I love to be in water.<\/p>\n

I can only guess that is the feeling of having a different molecular density around my body. It is that feeling of being in another world.\u00a0 Gravity seems different.\u00a0 There is no breath to be had underwater.\u00a0 The body is weightless, and sound is completely distorted.\u00a0 All of our senses enter into an altered state.\u00a0 And I like it.<\/p>\n

It seems I have been preoccupied with gravity lately.\u00a0 I think it is because I am reading a book on anti-gravity.\u00a0 It is impossible to put it down.<\/p>\n

Any way\u2026 back to the pool.\u00a0 I invited a friend over to swim today.\u00a0 She is a Psychic I met recently.\u00a0 She knew I was going to call and invite her.\u00a0 (See what I mean).\u00a0 But she really loves to swim too.\u00a0 Her name is Claire Buoyant.<\/p>\n

One of these days, I am going to visit all the pools on my list.\u00a0 Every time I hear a Sportscaster say that a college has a really big talent pool, I write it down.\u00a0 I want to swim in all the talent pools, and see if any of it soaks in.<\/p>\n

Finally, the most important lesson of the day was this:
\nStart somewhere.\u00a0 And whatever your decide to do\u2026 make sure it makes you happy.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou cannot change what you are, only what you do.\u201d \u2015 Philip Pullman, The Golden Compass <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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