Say Goodbye

It’s that day again Saturday. The only way I can for the foreseeable future is to start my favorite day in the Lavender Palace with Kristen James and 54 of my friends. KJ says she loves all of us in different ways and I thought that was particularly poignant because we really do. Love is a strong word but when you spend day after day and year after year love just happens. It’s a beautiful thing. 

Okay so let’s speak plainly in the vernacular WTF is this thing about hitting 30 mph? I was silently bitching about this ever since I heard it being bandied about a few weeks ago. First off let me say that hitting 30 is just not possible standing up for this sexagenarian. I didn’t say I can’t do it but right now it’s just outside of my breathless zone. However today I hit 31.6 sitting down so I guess I exploded one self-induced myth and I gotta tell you it was exhilarating. And leave it to the Evil Woman to put something in our heads and we find a way to get it done. 

I wanted to make sure that I give a big shout to one of my new young friends, Josh Goodelman. I rarely lose focus but today I was spacing out and Josh spotted it in me and coaxed me: Come on Jack! Woke me right out of it and back on track I was. Thanks Josh. 

It moved me so much that I was able to break that 30 mph barrier later in the session. Reminds me of the 4-minute mile because if you believe it you will see it. 

Thanks for an inspiring session KJ and when you were talking about saying goodbye it struck an emotional chord in me that shook me to my core. I need to say goodbye.