On the treadmill of life...

If you are a runner, you will probably understand the full meaning of this post. Every running offers a different story. Depending on your body conditions, external factors, mindset, the experience will change. Usually it takes a while to warming up...around 10 minutes. After that time, your mind start to tell you the feeling of the entire running, what you can achieve, the goal that you can realistically reach.

And here we go, jumping into the core of the race. This is the most intense and enjoyable part. Minutes in which you feel the strenght of your body while your mind is in focus. Others, in which your brain start to lose the focus making calculation on the end of the running activities.

It's a continuos focus between body, mind, breathing. This is what makes unique any single run. It's not only a phisical activity, but a much more complete status on which you learn about yourself. Never give up is my suggestion... and you will easily notice that....running on a treadmill is not such different than living your life...

Everybody's free...the Sunscreen Song

Simply watch this! This is one of the video that do not need any comments. Enjoy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xfq_A8nXMsQ

"Brother and Sister together we'll make it through,

someday a spirit will take you and guide you there,

I know you have been hurting but I've been waiting to be there for you,

and I'll be there just helping you out, whenever I can...

Everybody's free....."

Minnewaska State Park Preserve...Blueberry Hiking

Another Pearl to discover, just 2 hours far from NY.

A best way to recap an enjoyable hiking day with friends and... a lot of blueberries.

I do suggest to visit this place.

The Minnewaska State Park Preserve is a 21,106 acre (8,541 ha) preserve located on the Shawangunk Ridge in New York on US 44/NY 55, five miles (8 km) east of New York State Route 299. The park is managed by the Palisades Interstate Park Commission. It is primarily used for picnicking, hiking, mountain biking, snowshoeing and swimming. There are outstanding views of the nearby Catskill Mountains. There are three sky lakes within the Park Preserve: Lake Minnewaska, Lake Awosting, and Mud Pond. Lake Minnewaska is roughly a mile long by a quarter-mile at its widest point. Lake Awosting is roughly twice as large. More info...

Yep...Despite the fact that lately Eminem's voice is everywhere, this song is not one of the most listened. As always he is able to concentrate thousand of words in few minutes, pure energy and rhythm always enjoyable. I attach the link to this song. Enjoy

"I'm not afraid to take a stand
Everybody come take my hand
We'll walk this road together, through the storm
Whatever weather, cold or warm
Just let you know that, you're not alone
Holla if you feel that you've been down the same road..."

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5-yKhDd64s

Mandela Day 2010...67 minutes for a better world

Yep, it's time to wish Happy Birthday to Nelson Mandela. 92 years of inspiration for our generation. But what is a Mandela Day?

Mandela Day is a call to action for people everywhere to take responsibility for making the world a better place, one small step at a time, just as Nelson Mandela did.

Nelson Mandela spent more than 67 years serving his community, his country, and the world at large. On Mandela Day people are called to devote just 67 minutes of their time to changing the world for the better, in a small gesture of solidarity with humanity, and in a small step towards a continuous, global movement for good.

Thew World is calling...ready for it? One Idea can change the world...

The Worlds End State Park... where Nature talks to Friendship

Worlds End State Park is in a narrow S-shaped valley of the Loyalsock Creek just south of Forksville, Sullivan County. The scenery is spectacular, especially the June mountain laurel and fall foliage. Canyon Vista, reached via Mineral Spring and Cold Run roads, provides outstanding views.

A curiosity regarding the name. Some people called it Worlds End, others Whirl’s Glen, and still others Whirls End. The first name arose from the topography of the place.

Seven mountain ranges converge on the point and one does receive the sensation of being at the ultimate ends of the earth.

The proponents of the second name base their claim upon the whirlpool in the Loyalsock Creek, and the third name was probably a contraction of the other two.

Since the whirlpool had largely disappeared, it was decided that the name Worlds End would be most appropriate. Hence, the name Worlds End State Forest Park.

Had the chance to spend 2 wonderful days in that area... for some reasons, it will remain with me forever. That reason is simply called Friendship.

And it's not just a game...

...no it's not just a game! Is not a case that anythime I cross the colors of South Africa, the sound of this country, the inspiration that a leader such as Nelson Mandela was, is and always will be...well, anytime I feel my soul waking up so badly.

Is not a case that this blog was inspired by his autobiography, read at the end of one of the most important learning experience of my life...and at the beginning of my new life path abroad...

Its not just a case...that this year the World Cup is playing in South Africa... that one of the most inspiring movie I watched lately is "Invictus"... it's not just a game the Dream I have in my mind.

I must live it... because is not just a game!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBmcgxFXu-Q&feature=related