This weekend was pretty cool.
I slept well. I know that's weird that a mention it but seriously woke up so chilled out - really like that, who doesn't I suppose? I went into London on Saturday just to, I don't know, get out and oh because the weather was particularly good. Sometimes I wonder if the various bouts of good weather in England cause people to for those days specifically, appreciate life that much more than say in a place that's always sunny like South Africa. Two sides to that argument I guess.
Was able to utilise my newly acquired sunglasses. That was a shallow bonus. Still, only used them a few times - when I was literally facing the sun. Other than that, I have the urge to take my eyewear off my face when I don't need them like when their isn't any sun, when I'm talking to people or sometimes I just don't think stuff is as clear or sharp with sunglasses on, so I take them off when they irritate me in this regard. hey, really cool eyewear though!
Scoped out some light weight running backpacks - I mean they are designed to carry a hydration pack first and foremost and then be ultra comfortable to wear. I also had my eyes on a pair of awesome running/adventure/everything sorta type shoes. Spent about an hour just testing, trying and investigating the stuff. Didn't buy anything but was good to check the stuff out.
I headed back home and ran into a dude(ok, he was a monk), you know the types; handing out leaflets, wanting your attention - the sorta thing. dude grabbed me(not literally, I'd've ninja kicked him in head ) and showed me a book about something spiritual or asked for a donation, I figured why not and to my surprise the £5 I donated resulted in a copy of the aforementioned book. ok cool whatever I thought, I'll just read it next just to see. only way walking back home from Wimbledon train station, I glanced at it and in attempting to pronounce the title, realised that I had hear of this book before in a quote by Oppenheimer of the manhattan project that created the infamous A-Bomb. Describing his guilt and disappointment for being involved in the mass destruction that followed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki he said, "...from the holy scriptures of Bhagavad Gita...he took on his multi-armed form and said, I have become death, destroyer of worlds..." which hit me with a bit of shock at the coincidence that I might have that very holy Hindu scripture now in my possession and could now possible relate to that quote in a deeper dimension to that of purely reflective remembrance. I got home, started to read the foreword and the first few pages before the first chapter -the door bell rang. I opened the door and it stayed open for an hour while I had the most perfect conversation I've had with a stranger. Fully energised and somewhat captivated by the thoughts were of that perfect conversation, I went for a 10km night run. I ran and ran and ran and could only think about the words that were spoken in that perfect conversation like a two-piece puzzle, our mind met and interlocked. I have a view and perspective on life that I had never before; this is how great the human being is. After a Dizzying 1/4 marathon, I ended up at the gym, still rather mesmerised, only now I had run 10km and had a intense workout. I ran back home with pushed my total to about 12kms which I liked.
I woke with the lights still on. I cant remember going to sleep. I must have been so tired. Unlike yesterday the haze had left me and I was lying bed, the sun was trying to get my attention to push me out of bed and get out there. I finally after another freedom-doze awoke at 14pm and decided that I'd get both the shoes and backpack I saw yesterday. I did, and like yesterday I took my book with me. I watched a film after arriving at home in Wimbledon called Johnny English reborn. it was not fantastic but still I state to watch the entire movie.
My whole interpretation of life has been had a breath of fresh air blown over its dusty pages. And I think that at times there is an uncompromising hope and deserved purpose for humanity.
From today I will continue to strive to find that perfect conversation. In the mean time, I'll try on my new running shoes and keep running.
I slept well. I know that's weird that a mention it but seriously woke up so chilled out - really like that, who doesn't I suppose? I went into London on Saturday just to, I don't know, get out and oh because the weather was particularly good. Sometimes I wonder if the various bouts of good weather in England cause people to for those days specifically, appreciate life that much more than say in a place that's always sunny like South Africa. Two sides to that argument I guess.
Was able to utilise my newly acquired sunglasses. That was a shallow bonus. Still, only used them a few times - when I was literally facing the sun. Other than that, I have the urge to take my eyewear off my face when I don't need them like when their isn't any sun, when I'm talking to people or sometimes I just don't think stuff is as clear or sharp with sunglasses on, so I take them off when they irritate me in this regard. hey, really cool eyewear though!
Scoped out some light weight running backpacks - I mean they are designed to carry a hydration pack first and foremost and then be ultra comfortable to wear. I also had my eyes on a pair of awesome running/adventure/everything sorta type shoes. Spent about an hour just testing, trying and investigating the stuff. Didn't buy anything but was good to check the stuff out.
I headed back home and ran into a dude(ok, he was a monk), you know the types; handing out leaflets, wanting your attention - the sorta thing. dude grabbed me(not literally, I'd've ninja kicked him in head ) and showed me a book about something spiritual or asked for a donation, I figured why not and to my surprise the £5 I donated resulted in a copy of the aforementioned book. ok cool whatever I thought, I'll just read it next just to see. only way walking back home from Wimbledon train station, I glanced at it and in attempting to pronounce the title, realised that I had hear of this book before in a quote by Oppenheimer of the manhattan project that created the infamous A-Bomb. Describing his guilt and disappointment for being involved in the mass destruction that followed in Hiroshima and Nagasaki he said, "...from the holy scriptures of Bhagavad Gita...he took on his multi-armed form and said, I have become death, destroyer of worlds..." which hit me with a bit of shock at the coincidence that I might have that very holy Hindu scripture now in my possession and could now possible relate to that quote in a deeper dimension to that of purely reflective remembrance. I got home, started to read the foreword and the first few pages before the first chapter -the door bell rang. I opened the door and it stayed open for an hour while I had the most perfect conversation I've had with a stranger. Fully energised and somewhat captivated by the thoughts were of that perfect conversation, I went for a 10km night run. I ran and ran and ran and could only think about the words that were spoken in that perfect conversation like a two-piece puzzle, our mind met and interlocked. I have a view and perspective on life that I had never before; this is how great the human being is. After a Dizzying 1/4 marathon, I ended up at the gym, still rather mesmerised, only now I had run 10km and had a intense workout. I ran back home with pushed my total to about 12kms which I liked.
I woke with the lights still on. I cant remember going to sleep. I must have been so tired. Unlike yesterday the haze had left me and I was lying bed, the sun was trying to get my attention to push me out of bed and get out there. I finally after another freedom-doze awoke at 14pm and decided that I'd get both the shoes and backpack I saw yesterday. I did, and like yesterday I took my book with me. I watched a film after arriving at home in Wimbledon called Johnny English reborn. it was not fantastic but still I state to watch the entire movie.
My whole interpretation of life has been had a breath of fresh air blown over its dusty pages. And I think that at times there is an uncompromising hope and deserved purpose for humanity.
From today I will continue to strive to find that perfect conversation. In the mean time, I'll try on my new running shoes and keep running.