{"id":6885,"date":"2016-02-04T23:24:03","date_gmt":"2016-02-05T04:24:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=6885"},"modified":"2019-05-15T13:50:05","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T17:50:05","slug":"swimming-in-beauty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/?p=6885","title":{"rendered":"Swimming in beauty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before my aneurysm, I went to water aerobics and swam laps in this pool. I was very purposeful – get in, get the exercise, get a shoulder massage from the whirlpool, get out.<\/p>\n

It was only when I began to use the pool more slowly<\/a> – in the open area outside the lap lanes – that I really noticed how beautiful the reflections are on the water in late afternoon.<\/p>\n

\"pool<\/p>\n

As I walk, dance or stroke my way, I watch the reflections stroll, ballet and fiddle their way in front of me.<\/p>\n

Sometimes it is as though I’m surrounded by whales in the shadows. Friendly whales who want to escort me.<\/p>\n

\"pool<\/p>\n

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Other days there are spirits enacting their own dramas. I’m not always allowed to watch; they run away.<\/p>\n

\"pool<\/p>\n

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When I watch them, I am free.<\/p>\n

Today’s penny is a 2015, for the year I learned to slow down.<\/p>\n

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Before my aneurysm, I went to water aerobics and swam laps in this pool. I was very purposeful – get in, get the exercise, get a shoulder massage from the whirlpool, get out. It was only when I began to use the pool more slowly – in the open area outside the lap lanes – … read more Swimming in beauty<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":6858,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[317],"tags":[67,82,699,200,679,75,145],"class_list":["post-6885","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-beauty","tag-67","tag-beauty","tag-drama","tag-light","tag-reflection","tag-spirit","tag-water"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6885"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6927,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6885\/revisions\/6927"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/6858"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6885"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6885"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.lisaschnellinger.com\/pennies\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6885"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}