RUNNING

Apr 3, 2019
2 min read

I live running, you live running. We all do. Specially if you not only work but also train, live on your own, happen to have a family (of two, of three, with legs or with paws) and actually have dreams and goals you want to achieve. I know I wouldn't be myself if at least a dozen times per year I didn’t ask myself where the hell am I in all that running. Because the problem is, you know, that we don't run... We race, and that my dear, is a complete different story. When you run you know your pace won't always be the same. Sometimes you set on a comfortable trot, sometimes you push yourself to the limit, sometimes you just walk and sometimes... Sometimes you just stop.

Because a good runner knows and understands the value of stopping and taking a good rest. Because resting is just as important or more than merely running for the sake of winning. Because procrastinating is not the same as stopping in order to regain your strength and focus so you can beat your next target. In this society we live in, it's just so easy to forget that and turn into mere racers, flying from here to there, from one goal to another, from one relationship to the next one, from one job to the following. Stop. Take your time. Breath. Find yourself in the stillness and the silence. Find yourself in the company of those who love you and who you love in return. Find yourself in the little things that support and nurture your essence: meditation, creativity, a good book, a new song, a deep 3am conversation with your soul mate, a nice glass of wine (yes, why not? We're living in a 4D reality after all!). Find yourself and go back to running, towards your goals and your dreams, towards your essence. I'm sure you've heard plenty of times that life is not about the destination, but about the journey. So stop racing. You'll get wherever you want to get as long as your heart desires it. Your goals will still be there tomorrow. Forget the rats around you (the stress, others' expectations, the little voice in your head that tries to make you feel guilty every time you, exhausted and out of breath, pause for a second) and take a look in the mirror. Who are you doing this for? And then keep running. Trot, walk, breath, speed, run. Always knowing when to stop so you can get nourishment and bloom. That's what good runners do.