Anyone ever ask how you are doing and you don't know how to respond? I find myself wondering if they REALLY want to know what's going on, are they just asking to be polite, do they want to just get some dirt or do they REALLY want to know. I have my general response's that I go off of, but need some new ones. I get tired of hearing myself say the same things over and over, it's almost like I lose my sense of creativity for the moment, my mind freezes and I say the same things I always say.
Running has helped me with this. I can compare many moments in life to that of some kind of run. For example, there has been a little bit of emotional/ relational upheaval in my life the last couple of weeks and the closest thing I can compare it with is being at mile, well... who knows. You don't know how far you have come, you don't know where you are, you don't know how much farther you have to go and you just want an aid station to appear out of nowhere with some AWESOME heat electrolytes and a moment of temporary relief. You continue to run, remembering on the course layout that there was an aid station... somewhere, and the only way to get there is to keep running. You know that on the last run you went on that you had to run until the end. Wait, there is an end, you must keep going. Yes, this is how I felt my last week went. I can write about it now because I came to the aid station. It took awhile, some mental stamina and the forcing of moving forward, but I found it. Life is much the same way, we must keep moving forward. The Good Book says come to Him all who are heavy laden and He will give you rest. AMEN! He says, "Take up your cross and follow me." He doesn't say where we are going but implies that it won't be easy. I feel all the better for it and know that my core values and beliefs are all the more solid. I don't know about you, but I am going to keep running.
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