Leo's Horoscope 3/19/10
Dani: Your head may be spinning because there is simply too much input. Information overload can be stressful even when the news is mostly positive. Make sure to take frequent rest breaks today, especially if you are spending a lot of time at home with active family members.
Active??!! That's an understatement! I think this is the most active I have been ever... in all my 28 years. Don't get me wrong, I'm not complaining in the least, but sometimes horoscopes speak to what is happening right now in my life. I need a rest break... Today, I'm headed to my best gal's house to attend her first Yoga class after she graduated from Yoga Teacher Training. I am so proud of her and I'm very excited to be attending her class. This is just the break I need from all my training. You see, I have been in training for the last 8 months! For what you ask?? For marathons!! Here's a little back story of my life. When I was younger, and when I say younger I'm talking elementary school/Jr high, I was not in the best shape of my life. I was a chubbster and I told myself that when I entered high school I would be fit and active. That's what I did... I dedicated my summer to getting off my butt and getting outside and becoming active. I started running and I loved it. I was addicted and every morning I would wake up go running and then after school I'd grab my dog and take off again. I don't think I'd make it home till way past dark and it was my time. Just me, my fluffy pup Nicki and the open trails. I remember loving that time in my life because I used it to do a lot of self reflection and thinking about anything and everything. It was a time in my life when I knew who I was and where I was going. Then, something changed and I'm not sure what... I can't pinpoint the catalyst that brought forth another change... I think it might have been the development of a social life and the types of things that living in a small town breeds. Teenage angst and the desire to fit in and rebel against our parents. My parents were not like most because they are overly trusting and respect me which doesn't happen for most kids. They never came down on me about school or the choices I was making because they knew that I was my own worst enemy. I would punish myself for failing... But then when this change came forth, then none of that seemed to matter anymore and I was just going with the flow and kind of floating in this perpetual state of limbo. I didn't care about working out and I didn't care about running the back trails of Christmas Hill. Running in the Spring afternoons stomping down mustard greens for forge my own trails in the back hills where no one seemed to venture. I didn't care anymore about knowing who I was and I just wanted to be someone else. I guess it's like my horoscope said, you need to take breaks in life and maybe this was just a break that I was taking from everything that I knew just to learn new things. To find out who out there was like me and who wasn't and what my likes and dislikes really were. So I lost track of what I wanted and where I was going but it's only normal with being so young. I finally broke out of that adolescent stage of pushing the envelope and moved away from all I knew to start another huge change in my life of college and working and living alone.
~ Knowing yourself is the beginning of all wisdom. ~ AristotleI know what I want and I know where I'm going. I ran two miles that day and part of it was dragging my feet, but I did it and I have been running ever since. I completed my first marathon on February 7,2010 in Huntington Beach. We are registered for our second marathon set for July 25, 2010 just 6 days before my 29th birthday. I'm active and healthy and looking beyond instant gratification, rather I am working for what I want. I no longer sit in front of the TV for hours after my work day and think about all the things I should be doing. I'm out and about and happier than ever. Each day brings new pleasures and exciting adventures. I'm excited to see what tomorrow's horoscope will read...
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