days like these.

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when performing the forcible physical therapy exercises prescribed for me, 

i close my eyes and go deep inside, to the muscles and tendons, 

teres major and supraspinatus and biceps, all….

i work so hard to inhabit the space inside me

-- practicing eternity --

yet living in each moment, aware of what i feel. 

and now, i prepare for surgery. 

i pause, often, in gratitude for what i have been given, 

for what i am given each and every day. 

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it's a good life….

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