Todays memory is bought to you from my school days. Last week I decided to put into place some exercise! This entailed a Zumba class at my old village school. Over the years I have visited the school premises on many occasions,school fetes, harvest suppers even bingo... however this time was different.
The school in Raglan has many classrooms in various buildings - some not used now due to their condition, however what makes my visit this time different was that on previous occasions I visited all the newer buildings / hall but this time I entered through the very door I went through every day in my junior years!
As I turned to go through the door I remembered how proud I was the day the headmaster chose me to ring the school bell - such a small task but I felt so important. The coat hooks that still hung in the same place were tiny and only at elbow height today - I remember standing on tippy toes to reach them back then - how cute they looked.
As I walked into the hall I looked around in awe, the vast hall had surely shrunk, the benches and gym equipment was never that small was it? - ah I sighed I guess it was.
The Zumba trainer turned up then with her Iphone and speaker and suddenly I didn't want to do Zumba I wanted to do country dancing - just like I used to. I wanted to recapture the fun and sheer abundance of lack of self consciousness that I had as a child. To dance around the room as if I was in the biggest ballroom in the land.
The room soon filled with ladies and the music started up - I was lost in the moment and re-lived my memories through the energised dance routines we were put through. It was great fun and left me with a feeling of again how good it is to be home.
This memory of my school days is a lead to my thinking today - it is important we all hold that child within us and at times take time to just sit, then breathe deeply whilst we bring a little of that abundant child energy forth to lift us.
As children physical items appeared huge, we had to stretch to reach them, as we know all thats happened is that as adults our physical bodies have got bigger therefore the physical items appear to have shrunk. Just because that coat hook seemed so high up as a child, did we leave our coats on the floor - NO - we stretched ourselves to reach them.
This weekend, look up - are your dreams and aspirations so high you can't actually reach them today? - what are you going to do, walk away and leave your dreams fall to the floor or are you, as you did as a child, going to stand on tippy toes to stretch that little bit further so that someday soon you will be able to hang your coat on the success hook of your dreams.
Have a great week and join me next Friday for another memory which again will lead me to share with you the part it has played on my journey to the positive life I live today.
Awaken - 'Lighting your journey ahead'
I remember being swung around that hall by Mrs Thomas, as a demonstration of waltzing, for the rest of the class. My feet didn't touch the floor, literally (and I still can't waltz)!!
ReplyDeleteNor me... fun days though! Mr Witney and Miss Carne were definatly my favourite teachers :-)
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