"Challenges are what makes life interesting; overcoming them is what makes life meaningful"- Joshua J. Marine
I am training for a half marathon. I try to run once during the week. It is usually a short run of 7 miles or less. But on the weekends I try to push myself to do more than 10 miles.
The other day I was in Virginia, I woke up at 6 a.m. and put my running shorts and shoes on. It would have been so easy to stay in bed since I did not have my first meeting till 9.
I left the hotel and started down an unknown street. There was a guy up ahead with a hood over his head. He was walking. I asked him if he was going to run. He said that he was done. I asked him to run with me and to my surprise he did. We ran a few miles while talking.
During the time we ran we talked about our lives and the run seemed so short. He is at the same place I was two years ago, just starting to run. It was up to me to nurture his pursuit. I did and I hope he keeps up with it.
The easy thing would have been to just keep quiet and continue to run without speaking.
Today's question is:
"Did you nurture a stranger today?"
I am training for a half marathon. I try to run once during the week. It is usually a short run of 7 miles or less. But on the weekends I try to push myself to do more than 10 miles.
The other day I was in Virginia, I woke up at 6 a.m. and put my running shorts and shoes on. It would have been so easy to stay in bed since I did not have my first meeting till 9.
I left the hotel and started down an unknown street. There was a guy up ahead with a hood over his head. He was walking. I asked him if he was going to run. He said that he was done. I asked him to run with me and to my surprise he did. We ran a few miles while talking.
During the time we ran we talked about our lives and the run seemed so short. He is at the same place I was two years ago, just starting to run. It was up to me to nurture his pursuit. I did and I hope he keeps up with it.
The easy thing would have been to just keep quiet and continue to run without speaking.
Today's question is:
"Did you nurture a stranger today?"
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