Your Vessel
Hi Fit School Friend!

Lately, I've been reading and thinking about the poetry of Mary Oliver. Here is a stanza that stuck out to me this week:

"As for the body, it is solid and strong and curious
and full of detail; it wants to polish itself; it
wants to love another body; it is the only vessel in
the world that can hold, in a mix of power and
sweetness: words, song, gesture, passion, ideas,
ingenuity, devotion, merriment, vanity, and virtue." -From Mary Oliver's poem Evidence


The line that I've been thinking about is "it is the only vessel in the world...". Knowing that this in the only vessel I have to pet puppies, to go on adventures with, to hug people, to do anything in this world, is a pretty important thing to know.

The question to myself and that I pass along to you is this: How can I better care for this "only vessel in the world"?

When an answer comes to you, do that thing. We need your vessel in the world.

Let's keep our vessels going!

Your Partner in Health and Fun,
Coach Carol
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