The days are becoming warmer and this allows my old body to run easier. Today was another day that really should not happen, ran a track session with the following sprint distances - 100m/250m/100m/400m/100m/500m/100m/650m/100m/800m/100m and then back down - 650m/100m/500m/100m/400m/100m/250m/100m/100m.
Two days ago I ran a short track session and a beautiful brown skinned child, I had the impression he was a recent arrival from South America, was attracted to my presence, we connected with our eyes, and especially our smiles, his smile was spectacular, and he began to mimic what I was doing, trying to follow me on my sprints and when I was doing muscle exercises on the bars he had his older brother lift him onto the bars so he could try himself.What a joy! And a tiny Asian child, female, also became attracted to my presence, she tried to run and when I was soaking myself with water, cooling down in the heat, she passed and gazed up at my face and then blessed me with an incredibly special smile. Perhaps because my body is declining, going backwards and transforming into a child's body, and also my mind which thinks of my school yard days, running, playing ball, and these children see something they can relate with, someone out playing, just because it is fun and feels good.
The dream I had last week, where I was robbed and almost beaten while relaxing on a park bench, has had an impact on my mind, how it relates moment to moment with external reality. When confronted with possible aggression or danger, the images of myself relaxing while being attacked, smiling, rises into my consciousness and attempts to pull the defensive ego out of the scene, to just let the body rest like a piece of wood or stone. No reaction to the sensory field, just relax, man, relax.
