Exercise & Joy

These two words do not generally appear together in the same sentence, let alone the same thought, but it is possible. I am a witness!

This holiday weekend I found myself alone in my house for a few hours -- a rare occurrence.
I knew I should use the time to exercise, which I generally enjoy, but on a holiday weekend it someone didn't seem the thing to do. So instead I grabbed one of my daughter's CD's. She's a teenager so I might have to explain for those of you who don't have teenagers or do and make it a specific point not to listen to the music, that the beat is very fast. And some of the music is really good.

I found myself dancing to this music for about 45 minutes and with the quick beat got quite a workout. And it was FUN!!. I remembered back to the time when I was a teenager and music was the essence of your soul. You could dance with abandoned joy and let the music tune out the world.

Dancing like this I felt 16 again -- the fun part of 16 and had a great time.

I highly recommend this type of exercise. It's good for the body and mind. (But make sure only the dog can see you!)