"Calm"

That's a beautiful word when you see it on the weather report. It means the wind is not significant enough to measure. It is an especially nice word when you are heading out on a bike ride. What a gorgeous day it was, and indeed the wind was negligible. I rode 50 kms at 29kms/hr and even though it wasn't very fast it was comfortable. Considering that I ran 37 kms yesterday, all in all I feel pretty good. I also swam for a bit this morning but barely enough to make it worth reporting. What is worth reporting is that I did my weights again tonite with Peters coaching and I really think it is going to help me.

Calm is a nice little word in its more figurative sense as well eh? I wish I could feel it all the time, I wish I could model it more often to the world, and I wish it for all of my loved ones. Be at peace, as much as that is possible for you.

I wish to dedicate day 179 to my friend Kathy Grondin who automatically came to mind when I think 'calm'.

"The language of excitement is at best picturesque merely. You must be calm before you can utter oracles."---Henry David Thoreau

"Power is so characteristically calm, that calmness in itself has the aspect of strength."---Robert Bulwer-Lytton

"It was only from an inner calm that man was able to discover and shape calm surroundings."---Stephen Gardiner