Thoughts and feelings

I've always been an avid reader. Books are a great comfort to me. A lot of historical fiction, some biography, travel books, people doing bike trips or ultrarunning, that kind of thing. I recently had a couple of Reiki sessions and afterwards I bought a book on Reiki to learn more about it, to try and understand it. That to me is the power of books, it's not always about being transported to another world and to lose yourself in a story. It's more about learning and expanding your knowledge.  When I think of my life, invariably there are books involved. Reading all the Secret Seven and Famous Five books as a child. And then later, as a 22 year old, sitting in a tent in California in 1992 reading The Idiot by Dostoevsky and also Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance by Robert Pirsig. Both books made a big impression on me and to this day I can remember that time in my life so clearly. One thing I love is to see people who are a lot older than me, reading. It's shows ...

I went for a run today, I've always thought that was the time for me to switch off my mind and just think about the run. But,  ironically,  I was thinking on my run that this isn't actually true. My body can just move on it's own, it doesn't need any help from me.  All those thoughts that come into my head while I'm exercising? They end up there for a reason, to let me sort through them and release all the negative ones I don't need anymore. Maybe this is why I feel mentally refreshed after a run? Because I've let go of extra baggage that I was carrying around in my head. Later I listened to Ides by King Creosote, it made me cry. Those people who have told me I'm cold, with  no emotions are a million miles away from the truth. Keith

Well, here we go.  I'll be writing down some of my thoughts and feelings as I move through this part of my life. Observations on things I do, people I meet and places that I visit. I'm not really a writer, I've never even kept a diary. I just think it'll be good for me to express myself. It may never get read by anyone else but that's OK. It could be lighthearted, boring or really deep. I'll just see where my emotions take me. Let's see what happens.  Keith