Women Who Box…What’s The Attraction?
Earlier this past summer I’d written about my desire to create a Life List.
During the festivities at this Chinese Wedding I attended, it had become apparent that my list is in shabby shape — when a friend announced that she is now taking boxing lessons!
Here was this tiny, petite Japanese woman, so quiet, refined and serene, who lives in a $million dollar flat on the upper east side of NYC — telling me she goes to a downtown gym 3 times a week.
Watching her form the word boxing simply hurt my senses — therefore I suddenly had no vocabulary. Was I being too judgemental and closed-minded?
Ayame even showed me the black and blue mark on her leg (again, with pride) to prove or to gloat — that she is indeed taking lessons.
Here, I’d been so worried about the proper guest etiquette of attending a Chinese wedding, yet it never dawned on me that I would have to muster up some basic conversation skills.
Instead, I conjured up a look on my face which probably communicated that I thought she was nuts. What was the attraction? I wondered.
Ayame’s proud admission, got me feeling anxious about not having begun to tackle my life list…either because I haven’t thought of anything that thrilling or because I was angry with myself for judging her — or perhaps I was just jealous of her energy and zeal.
Although, I had been thinking about horse back riding lessons, but compared to boxing? Come on…I’m such a girl.
More to the point, at least she’s done something that will make her list and life fabulous…I’m still in “what if” mode.
Well there’s only 13 days until the beginning of the new year…I still have time.
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