A Runner’s Thoughts: As you run, walk or move through life another way today remember with each plant of your foot or turn of the wheel you feel firmness under you. Feel that firmness as the presence of God. Trust in that firmness. Know that God is running, walk or moving with you!
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A Runner’s Thoughts: Our toughness is made up of equal parts persistence and experience. We don't so much outrun, outwalk, out move through life another way our opponents as outlast and outsmart them, and the toughest opponent of all is the one inside our head. (Adapted from the words of Joe Henderson)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “A runner, [a walker or a mover through life another way] must run, [walk or move another way] with dreams in his [or her] heart, not money in his [or her] pocket.” (Emil Zatopek) So to in the spiritual life…
A Runner’s Thoughts: Running, walking or moving through life another way can clear cobwebs from our minds and focus our thinking. Movement can give us time and space to sort out the things that are bothering us or challenging us. At time running, walking or moving through life another way allows us to detach and think of nothing at all. But perhaps most importantly running, walking or moving through life another way offers us an opportunity to connect with God through our senses. Running, walking or moving through life another way gifts us with an opportunity to taste, touch, smell, hear and see God in our life!
A Runner’s Thoughts: “The greatest danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short, but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark.” (Michelangelo)
A Runner’s Thoughts: Oprah Winfrey once said, “Running is the greatest metaphor for life, because you get out of it what you put into it.” So, as we run or walk or move through life another way or as we live today let us put God into our movement through life.
A Runner’s Thoughts: “As I get older I see that running has changed for me. What used to be about burning calories is now more about burning up what is false.” (Kristin Armstrong) This can also be true in walking or moving through life another or in the spiritual life…
A Runner’s Thoughts: “There is a lesson to be learned from running, [walking or moving through life another way] in various emotional states, just as there are lessons to learn from running, [walking or moving through life another way] in a wide range of environmental settings. Don’t shy away from running, [walking or moving through life another way] in an unaccustomed state of mind or an unusual situation. Opportunity for enlightenment often waits in the unfamiliar.” (Roger Joslin)
A Runner’s Thoughts: Run, walk or move through life another way today with a strong heart. If you run, walk or move through life another way in the midst of the ordinary, you will often find yourself touched by the extraordinary presence of God. Run, walk or move through life another way strong into the heart of God today!
A Runner’s Thoughts: To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. (Steve Prefontaine) Mother always give their best...
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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
May 2023
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