ENDORPHINS . . . . You don't know how good they are until you miss them. Or Saga of the Broken Treadmill

No! Endorphins may sound fishy, but they are not. After eons of having a working treadmill, and establishing a walking habit this last Spring, and then being joined in walking by Dave, the treadmill "bogged down".

Sears Repair Men after we waited three hours, called and said it was undoubtedly really broken and could not be fixed without spending $400 to $800 so shopping we went for the next couple of days. No one knows very much about treadmills, even those who sell them.

Tired and discouraged I came home and surfed, finding the TreadMillDr and his troubleshooting link. The top four causes of a "bogged down" treadmill are . . . . none of which cost a lot of money to fix.

So tinkering, with tongue in cheek, we fiddled, and fixed the treadmill.

While we were without I fussed around the house trying to figure out where my joy went.

Why couldn't I just maintain positiveism? What was wrong?

Yesterday I walked and the positiveism and endorphins came back and there joy was hiding in my feet, or treadmill or hanging around just above it.

What you don't notice, while you have it, can be extremely important.