Realistic Goals Versus Dreaming

I’m doing physical therapy for my lower back. They gently stretch my muscles and have me do exercises.

They do good work. See the picture below.

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Here’s what I’d like to be able to do by next week.

All I want to do is to bend my head and left leg backward so that a golden Easter egg nestles between them all while balancing on the tip of my other foot.

Is that too much to ask?

Paul De Lancey, The Comic Chef, Ph.D.

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