Are you always falling down the same hole?
Maybe it’s time to try a different path. 
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oooooooooh I love a man of few words.
No holes here today thankfully. You can only fall down so many before you get it and I’ve fallen down enough for one lifetime. For now at least LOL
(I got into my size 10 jeans today! AND they didn’t catch on my thighs AND I didn’t have to lay on the bed to do them up.
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Fantabulous day to you and the Rest of the Mob here.
Suu
Congrats on size 10 jeans!!!
Congratulations!!
Congratulations Suu. You are truely inspiring. Keep it up
Thankyou for the wonderful pats on the back. Can you see me curtsying?
love your posts Suu. I can see you smiling when you write
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
The Road Not Taken has been my favorite poem since I read it in a high school English Lit. class. Thanks for sharing it here. Very appropriate.
thanks all, I have 3 i read regularly.
Robert Frost – The Road Not Taken
Rudyard Kipling – IF
Desiderata
Along with CH’s wisdom it’s like taking a spoonful of sugar…
Speaking of different paths, this is week 2 of getting up extra early to walk ~ an hour before work for me. And I am sooo not a morning person. Thanks Craig, for all of your encouragement and straight talk.
What motivates you on cold or stinking hot mornings, d?
Good going on your 2 week anniversary.
For one thing, it is all too easy to not exercise when I get home from work. Usually, I’m hungry by then and once I eat, I really don’t feel like hopping up to get active. Two, I’m rapidly approaching my fifties and want to be active and healthy as long as I can. And I do feel great all day when I exercise first thing. And, after reading Craig’s blogs for a couple of years now, I am much more honest with myself about my health, mindset, etc. He’s my long distance therapist
stay with it d. how are you finding the walks once you get going?
The road of procrastination
. It’s often my destination – I hate it. Bad bad habit!
Yes, it is!!
Sometimes the other path doesn’t stand out clearly and can be a little hard to see, but the path am currently on I dont think is for me. Occasionally I can walk around the hole but more often than not fall in it. Oh to be sure about which path.
Still got the same rash?
Maybe it’s time to shell the extra 25 cents for better toilet paper.
I love visiting here Craig. What a great community! We learn, we share, we laugh.
Have a fantastic day!
Speaking of my rash, do you still have that cream?
no …. remember the Dr said we should stop sharing it? Apparently that was half the problem ..
this title reminds me of 1 of my favourite movies ‘falling down’ warning!!! This movie isnt 4 everyone and is not the way to deal with stress and traffic jams