The trouble is, you think you have time.
I have a lot of time to think logging 20-25 miles per week right now. A lot. Of thinking. Time. But I love it. I think about life. I think about people. I think about things. I might even think about you. Thinking takes up a lot of headspace on my runs. I'm learning a lot about myself on this journey. I've learned that I'm committed. I'm stronger. I'm learning to have more patience. I'm learning to let things go. I'm learning that there's no place for negativity here. That there's no room for that to take up space in my head. I've learned that if I set out to do something, it's going to get done. I've learned that it's not easy or fun to wake up up 5:30 in the morning and brave the cold. I've learned that injuries suck and set backs hurt. But I can still do this. Every day I wake up and face the day knowing I can do this.
We can do anything we set our mind to. I can. You can. They can. Anyone can. It's not easy but life is not easy. Life is hard. Life is harder for some than others and I hate that. I wish life wasn't hard on people. I hate the saying, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." It's stupid. It's not true. What doesn't kill you can still make you really, really sad. But I know some of the strongest people that have faced some of the hardest, darkest days of their lives but yet each and every one of those people have taken those days, those incredibly hard days of loss and sadness and pain and they've turned them into something beautiful. They spend their time focusing on the good in life and they've taken their pain and they've turned it into good. So much good. I have some beautiful friends who's words have stuck with me since they lost their beautiful son last year.
"We could have taken all of that sadness and pain and hurt and turned it into anger and we could have just been angry at the world for the rest of our lives, but we didn't. We couldn't do that. We wanted to take all of those bad feelings and turn them into something good. We wanted to do something amazing for people because that is who our son was and he believed in making every day the best day ever."
It's something to think about. It's something amazing.
Time is so precious. It goes so quickly.
We wake up, we go about our day, we go to bed, repeat. There are hundreds of lives that we touch throughout these days. We may know it, we may not. Some things we remember, some we don't even think twice about. But it's how we spend this time that matters most. This precious time that is a gift. Time with family. Time with close friends. Time with people that make us happy. People that make our life complete. It's something I think about a lot. For so many miles.
I often wish I could wave a wand and change things for people. To turn back time. But I can't. I'm only human. I can wish things were different but I can't will things to change. Time is so important and I'm so much more aware of it now that I have kids. I look at the them every day and want to stop it. I don't want them to grow up. I want to freeze time. I want these moments to stay. I want to impress upon them, the value of a moment and the importance of who you spend those moments with. The value of how you define what's important to you and those you love. The value of when to readjust when things aren't what they should be. To speak from the heart. To know when things aren't right. To value their friendships. To value their family. To value the ones they love and to just value their time.
We can do anything we set our mind to. I can. You can. They can. Anyone can. It's not easy but life is not easy. Life is hard. Life is harder for some than others and I hate that. I wish life wasn't hard on people. I hate the saying, "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger." It's stupid. It's not true. What doesn't kill you can still make you really, really sad. But I know some of the strongest people that have faced some of the hardest, darkest days of their lives but yet each and every one of those people have taken those days, those incredibly hard days of loss and sadness and pain and they've turned them into something beautiful. They spend their time focusing on the good in life and they've taken their pain and they've turned it into good. So much good. I have some beautiful friends who's words have stuck with me since they lost their beautiful son last year.
"We could have taken all of that sadness and pain and hurt and turned it into anger and we could have just been angry at the world for the rest of our lives, but we didn't. We couldn't do that. We wanted to take all of those bad feelings and turn them into something good. We wanted to do something amazing for people because that is who our son was and he believed in making every day the best day ever."
It's something to think about. It's something amazing.
Time is so precious. It goes so quickly.
We wake up, we go about our day, we go to bed, repeat. There are hundreds of lives that we touch throughout these days. We may know it, we may not. Some things we remember, some we don't even think twice about. But it's how we spend this time that matters most. This precious time that is a gift. Time with family. Time with close friends. Time with people that make us happy. People that make our life complete. It's something I think about a lot. For so many miles.
I often wish I could wave a wand and change things for people. To turn back time. But I can't. I'm only human. I can wish things were different but I can't will things to change. Time is so important and I'm so much more aware of it now that I have kids. I look at the them every day and want to stop it. I don't want them to grow up. I want to freeze time. I want these moments to stay. I want to impress upon them, the value of a moment and the importance of who you spend those moments with. The value of how you define what's important to you and those you love. The value of when to readjust when things aren't what they should be. To speak from the heart. To know when things aren't right. To value their friendships. To value their family. To value the ones they love and to just value their time.
This training and this journey will take up a great deal of my time but it's time with myself. It's just more time to get stronger and learn as much as I can about myself. Every day is a new day. Some are hard, some are much harder than others, but every moment is one that passes and it's how you face them that will make the most of our time...
Thanks for following me on this journey.
Much Love,
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