Sometimes it happens an hour into the run, sometimes it happens after a shorter time than that. It is that moment that some liken to a religious experience- the moment when you feel at one with yourself and your environment and all that is around you. It is that time when (even if you are alone), you feel someone running next to you or just out of reach of you and it pushes you to go that little bit faster. Zoning out and just ‘going with things’ you find out what it is that is important to you, you examine your moral fibre – you by no means just go through the motions. You are in the good space in life and running with the earth and as part of the earth.
Some people struggle to understand how I how attain my spiritual enrichment from being out on a trail for a couple of hours, but that is just how things seem to pan out. It is there that I feel my most at home and my soul is the most at ease that it ever is.
Running together – stride for stride on a life changing ride! – Sean Muller
This is something that is so hard to explain to non runners. When it happens, it always takes me by surprise, even though I KNOW it happens and it happens often.
ReplyDeleteIt doesn't always happen with the same intensity every run, but sometimes it so deep I want to cry! And i love it so much and really yearn for it...
and never ever, take it forgranted :)
Thank you so much for reading and commenting Margot. Life is so short and you are right that we should embrace these sorts of moments for what they are. Each day I feel so priveledged to be healthy and to be able to run and jump and explore the world that I live when were it but for a few different circumstances, I might be scratching around looking for something to eat or fighting illness as many friends are. Man alive we are so lucky to have what we do in life!
ReplyDeleteKeep believing - Keep achieving!!