this is how i started today…
…down at Bondi, a quick sand run and a float in the ocean, looking up at the sky and getting into the right mood for the day.
This has been my routine for years. I’ve watched one woman, in this time, get pregnant and – bounce back again – twice!! There’s the over-tanned older lady who sand shuffles in a bright bikini with a matching hat. She always matches. And waves. I feel her happinss as she shuffles past. There’s the Russian body builders whose veins bulge at the neck. Dr Chris Brown is a regular. The Bondi Rescue boys always sing out encouragement. I’ve even had two blind running dates (sweat, sand, lycra and a 6.30 rendez-vous…anyone else up for it?)
This is my community. When you have a routine, you can tap into a community.
Routine can also make life simple. Each morning I wear the same green shorts and this red hat (it’s about seven years old now). I don’t have to think about what I wear. I dress and run. I don’t have to think about what makes me happy. This routine does. I just gravitate to it each day and I start my day happy.
This morning I ran into these cheeky kids (Deb and Sammy). Eugene from Aquabumbs took the pic. If you go to his site you’ll also see my mate Stu, who’s in my ‘hood, too.
“It’s the people that you meet, when you’re walking in the street…”.
I agree. Having lived in my hood for almost 10 years, I know heaps of the people around and it makes me so happy to walk down the st say hello to the butcher and my hairdresser and other familiar faces…
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Love to see the impish grin on Sammy’s face and the genuine smiles on the faces of you ladies. Great pic and great sentiments about community! Thanks for sharing your with your Web community. Your site brings a smile to my face many times a week.
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January 31st, 2010 at 12:03 pm
Thanks Rochelle! Have we met in Bondi?
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Great to see the smiles – one cannot but smile when looking at the photo…
Sarah, funny as I was reading your update, the scene in “What Women Want” came to mind, the one where Mel Gibson is pitching to the Nike ladies – “just sports”… “Each morning I wear…” Not sure why – something to do with the pacing of your words I think…
Routine is powerful as is community – thanks Sarah for sharing another aspect of your life. Your humility and modesty are quite inspiring..
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January 31st, 2010 at 12:02 pm
thank you, as always, Ian.
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Hi! Thank you for sharing! Lucky you who can have Bondi as an everyday routine!
I discovered your Blog at the Febusave Page. Now I will include a link to it on my http://www.sydney4women.com.au
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January 31st, 2010 at 12:00 pm
thanks for the link!! your site looks interesting!
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I chuckled at your routine, I was only pondering mine the other day as I put on my running clothes (different from my walking or going to the gym clothes) but the same for every run…skorts with a hole in them, grey singlet, fraying hat….there is something comforting in some things staying the same!
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Ahh I love the Bondi Bubble – it’s one of the true small communities within the big city that is Sydney.
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