I had a run today - it was a Ranger Run - 5 miles. My wife dropped Henry and I off at school and I had the privilege to run back home. I was thinking about the essence of running. What does it mean and where am I headed?
That of course is something that only I can answer - and so I will. Running grants me some small freedoms. It allows me to become disconnected from the world around me and to become independent of the electronic clutters this fair world. Running helps me to push the sun back into the sky and to draw a few more breaths later in my life when it will matter more to me the days that I spend with my grand children and possibly my great grand children playing games with them and having them smile. It allows me that time to look into their eyes and see the eternities spread before them. Some would regret the time spent out there on the road. The alone time that lets you become acquainted with yourself. I don't regret that time because hopefully the moments spent now build a bank of time that I would not otherwise have.
Running does that to me. Running gives me the vehicle in which I can keep the demons at bay that might end me early. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other health issues hang on my family tree. But if I work at what I have been given, and work at making myself fitter, faster, and capable maybe I will just live a little bit longer and enjoy the life that I am saving for one run at a time.
Each person has their own drive - and their own desires. I have the opportunity to lengthen my life by every step that I take and every pair of shoes that I wear out. That is a worthwhile goal - to wear out so many pairs of shoes that the doctor that visits me close to the dying day will not see a pile of worn out shoes but a pile of extra memories and opportunities to hold the little hands and run down the long hills together with those that matter most.
Yes, lets pile the shoes and memories together. Lets us go the distance together my friends.
Dave
That of course is something that only I can answer - and so I will. Running grants me some small freedoms. It allows me to become disconnected from the world around me and to become independent of the electronic clutters this fair world. Running helps me to push the sun back into the sky and to draw a few more breaths later in my life when it will matter more to me the days that I spend with my grand children and possibly my great grand children playing games with them and having them smile. It allows me that time to look into their eyes and see the eternities spread before them. Some would regret the time spent out there on the road. The alone time that lets you become acquainted with yourself. I don't regret that time because hopefully the moments spent now build a bank of time that I would not otherwise have.
Running does that to me. Running gives me the vehicle in which I can keep the demons at bay that might end me early. Diabetes, heart disease, cancer, and other health issues hang on my family tree. But if I work at what I have been given, and work at making myself fitter, faster, and capable maybe I will just live a little bit longer and enjoy the life that I am saving for one run at a time.
Each person has their own drive - and their own desires. I have the opportunity to lengthen my life by every step that I take and every pair of shoes that I wear out. That is a worthwhile goal - to wear out so many pairs of shoes that the doctor that visits me close to the dying day will not see a pile of worn out shoes but a pile of extra memories and opportunities to hold the little hands and run down the long hills together with those that matter most.
Yes, lets pile the shoes and memories together. Lets us go the distance together my friends.
Dave
