Tag: Running

Here’s The Thing About Running

Jeremy Wariner, 2nd Greatest 400 Runner Ever
Jeremy Wariner, 2nd Greatest 400 Runner Ever

Do you have routines that you do everyday? Not the traditional ones like driving to work the same way each day, or brushing your teeth after a meal, but daily routines to help you focus and improve yourself to help others?

As I was on my knees a few minutes ago, saying three daily prayers, it hit me. Yesterday’s post asking, “Is running a religion?”, really is a metaphor for our spiritual life.

For a “serious” runner, getting and staying healthy can be fun, challenging, consuming (religion-like), and ultimately, rewarding. Does your spiritual desire match that of a “serious” runner?

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The Joy of Living

The Joy of Living is one of the most elusive of all endowments.

Why? Just watch a child and you’ll find your answer. Having a child (9-year old boy) in our home is a daily reminder.

We all, at least I do, need daily reminders of this simple fact, don’t we? Why? Because life is hard, especially in today’s challenging and uncertain world.

Every day is an opportunity to count our blessings. Anyone need a calculator?

And Furthermore

Building on yesterday’s jeff noel blog post…..

Blogging every day, and posting on the Internet for the world to see, adds an element of risk few people can comprehend.

Why?

Because anyone, and I do mean anyone, can “see what you think” – can “see what you value”.

There is also a saying in life, “Nothing ventured, nothing gained”. Risk has it’s own rewards.

Are you determined to find out what they are? Carpe diem.

Want To Know The Benefits?

One of the benefits to blogging every day is going through the process of what to write and how to write it. Only people who “journal” or “write a diary” daily can fully appreciate this phenomenon.

And, if I do say so myself, the process of posting it on a public Internet blog for the world to see, adds an untapped benefit that “private writers” have yet to discover.

The daily act requires more effort than occasional blogging, in my opinion. Over time, your creativity and your topics could dry up. Plus, you really have to think long and hard about what you value. And if you ever expect people to “follow your path”, you have to know and study your audience.

“The unexamined life is not worth living”. — Socrates