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A Runner's Thoughts: “With the new day comes new strength and new thoughts.” (Eleanor Roosevelt)
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A Runners' Thoughts: A runner, a walker, or someone who moving through life another way who embarks on the journey of prayer and running, walking or moving can expect surprises, missteps, and perhaps great leaps toward a relationship with God! So, as you run, walk or move through life another way never underestimate the power of dreams, the influence of the human spirit and the presence of God!
A Runner's Thoughts: Let us look at our run, walk or movement through life another way today and every day as a tool, a device or a practice that aids us in our quest to be people of prayer.
A Runner's Thoughts: Sometimes we think of Sunday as a day of rest, yet we want to run, walk or move through life another way. Perhaps we need to think of our running, walking or moving through life another way today and every Sunday as a time of rest, as a time of prayer, as a time that will renew, strengthen and enliven us for the new week ahead!
A Runner's Thoughts: Let us today run, walk or move through life another way in the present moment, not from something and not to something. Let's strive for a grace-filled as well as a graceful run, walk or movement through life another way. Do not move for time but move for form, move for grace, run, walk for move through life another way for God!
A Runner's Thoughts: “We run to undo the damage we've done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.” (John Bingham)
With this in mind let us run, walk or move through life another way no matter what circumstances we encounter. There are lessons to be learned from running, walking or moving through life another way in various emotional states, just as there are when running, walking or moving through life another way in different environmental settings. Let's not shy away from running, walking or moving through life in an unaccustomed state of mind or an unusual situation. Opportunities for encountering God often are found in the unfamiliar. A Runner's Thoughts: Let us look at our run, walk or movement through life another way today and every day as a tool, a device or a practice that aids us in our quest to be people of prayer.
A Runner's Thoughts: Life like running, walking or move through life in another way contains elements of challenge, difficulty, and pain...life like running, walking or move through life in another way hurts, it wounds, it calls on us to rise above conditions that seem beyond what we are capable of doing...life like running, walking or move through life in another way is a thing worth living and doing not just because of the future rewards, but because of how it feeds our bodies and minds and souls in the present and makes us aware of God's presence.
A Runner's Thoughts: Running and walking and at times moving through life another way can be intensely physical activities, so the body is brought directly into play and cannot be ignored. Thus, if our run, walk or other kind of movement becomes a prayer, our bodies with their direct connection to the earth, the wind, the heat, the cold, the scents and the noises around us become the stimulus that brings us closer to God, reminds us of God's presence in our life and gives spirit and energy to our prayer!
A Runner's Thoughts: Remember God does not wait at home or at the finish line, God is constantly with us in all things and all people. As we run, walk or move through life another way, as we live, our task is simply to recognize that fact and hold it with us and move with God!
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Fr. Paul R. Fagan, C.P. "Preacher on the Run!"A thought from time to time about Running and Life! Archives
February 2023
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