...Run...

Run.

Can you move?

Can you breath?

Run.

Feel sick?

Feel weak?

Run.

Things alright?

Things just ok?

Run.

Life bursting at the seams?

Joy too immense to keep?

Run.

(photo credit goes to my seester)

You will never know what you are made of until you try…and you want a bigger challenge?  Go for it when you feel immeasurably small and insignificant.  That is when crazy things start to happen.  “When I am weak, then I am strong.”

Eyes watering, nose running, lungs wheezing, legs buckling, lips burning, knees clicking, feet aching…yet somehow the mileage kept adding up. 

It always seems that when I do the very thing I want most NOT to do, that is when things start getting awesome.  The motivation is outside of myself.

“Who are you running for?”  The coach asked prior to intensity night.  Do you ache? Do you sweat? Do you feel like your legs are going to fall off at any second?  That your chest is going to collapse from the stress of breathing in so fully and deeply?  Praise God!  My Opa has neuropathy. Standing for long periods of time is impossible much less walking or running.  A kid at PT has muscular dystrophy and is undergoing training to maybe someday learn how to walk.  Those folks at the finish line of the Boston Marathon 2013—no legs, no feet.

"I hate running.” That is what I used to say and at times I catch myself still thinking it though it may never be spoken aloud.  My attitude must change.  Praise God for the aching of my muscles!  Praise God for the sweat that stings my eyes!  Praise God for the wheezing of my lungs and the hope that one day they can expand to the point where that doesn’t happen!  Just think about it.  There are thousands of people who will never get the opportunity that you have right now.  Run.  Run for them.  And pray for them while you’re at it.  : )  Because really?  How much concentration does it really take to move your legs up and down…weight transferring heel to toe…moving in a straight line…  One minute or four hours.  Both are more than many people are able to do.

Take the focus off yourself and your lack of stamina. : )  Be thankful .  Who knows?  Maybe someday you will be in their shoes and they in yours….