Sneakers and Wine

I had set out running today because I have had so much on my mind lately, I’ve been completely overwhelmed and feeling extremely discombobulated.  I knew earlier today, as the overwhelming feeling began to take over my day, I absolutely needed to run for as long as my body would allow me to run today and get back in touch with me.  It took a few more miles today for the doubts and insecurities I carry in my life to fade.  But eventually they did and my heart began to reconnect to my soul. As I was running up a hill, my body was tired, the hill seemed steeper than I remembered it from the last time I had run up.  I thought to myself, “I must be getting old,” I was feeling old running up this hill today. Then the most simple and  amazing thing happened which changed my whole run.  A  boy on a bike whom had stayed parked at the top just looking down the hill for quite a few moments, suddenly pushed off from the top of this hill and began p...

Spring has finally arrived.   Finally able to reconnect with a part of my soul in a way only a few miles under my feet can facilitate.   The first thing I notice is I feel great, free. I am realistic, I know it was a long cold winter and I chose not to run through it this year and just wait patiently for the spring to arrive.   I realize on this first run, my body is still getting used to this rhythm again.   It’s a little foreign right now, but I push myself through.   “Keep going, it gets easier.”   And I do, for a little while.      I shorten my first run though with a promise to do more tomorrow. And I do.   This time the rhythm seems to come more easily, I can feel my soul reconnecting as the cobwebs of a very long winter begin to fall off with each stride.   Shaking loose that which I no longer need and moving forward becoming stronger.   Aahhh, there is that rhythm.   Today, I don’t turn to go hom...