Just south of Palm Beach and less than an hour’s drive north of Miami, Florida, you will find the resort city of Delray Beach, Florida, with it’s over two miles of clean well maintained sandy beaches, historic downtown shopping area, beautiful gardens and parks, world class tennis center, golf courses and it’s large variety of hotels and motels.

Looking for a place to stay? Try the Breakers-On-The-Ocean, (561) 278-4501, with it’s picture perfect beach setting and it’s 200 feet of private beach, complimentary beach cabanas, putting green, ocean front suites and ocean view apartments, the recently renovated and restored Colony Hotel And Cabana Club, (800) 552-2363, with it’s 70 guestrooms, all with vinage tropical furniture, fabrics and colors, hardwood

floors, unique appointments and Florida works of art, personal air conditioning and operable windows or the Delray Beach Marriott, (561) 274-3200, with it’s soft sandy beach, heated pool, on site spa and fitness center, rooms with private balconys and it’s Marriott service. If you don’t like these hotels there are numerous others to choose from.

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FIRST STEP —

Set short-term, incremental goals. Work up to larger plans later. Never put yourself under the gun right from the get-go. If you do… discouragement will be right at your doorstep. You ll quit! Remember your New Year’s resolutions?

Set incremental time frames. Short-range goals are very important. Begin the first month and increase a little bit each succeeding month. Don t give up too early in the game…. give yourself a chance to succeed.

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Being physically fit provides a foundation for overall health and well being (Health and Fitness Principles). We can define physical fitness as, the physical attributes and skills that one has that allows them to perform the tasks of daily living effectively and alertly, while leaving an adequate amount of energy in reserve for recreational and/or emergency activities (Health and Fitness Principles). When we hear the term, physical fitness, we typically think of activities such as running, jumping, or lifting weights. But, fitness involves much more than how much you can “lift”, how fast you can run, or how high you can jump (Physical Activity and Health).

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There are so many things confronting our kids today. Life sure was much easier, simplified and fun when I was a kid. Of course, it would be. I was just a kid. I only had to worry about my chores, homework, making the cheerleading squad, passing SAT s, making the honour roll, Beta Club, or winning after running for one thing or another.

So yes, this is true, life was easier but things were different. In one way, they were better, in others, not really bad but improvements could have been made.

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I stand amid the roar
Of a surf-tormented shore,
And I hold within my hand
Grains of the golden sand…
Is all that we see or seem,
But a dream within a dream?
–From A Dream Within a Dream by Edgar Allen Poe

Waves crash upon the beach mere steps from the comfort of the shaded hammock
that envelopes me like a cocoon. A cool drink appears by my side. I drag a foot in
the sand while swaying side to side and gaze out upon the endless ocean in front of
me. The drink cools me from the inside out and I wonder… am I awake, or am I
dreaming? If

I m dreaming, let no one wake me.

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