A Runner’s Thoughts: “May the road rise up to meet you. May the wind be always at your back.” (An Old Irish Blessing)
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A Runner’s Thoughts: “Everything you need is already inside.” (Bill Bowerman)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “The time is always right to do what is right.” (Martin Luther King Jr.)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.” (Maya Angelou)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “There is only one way to succeed in anything, and that is to give it everything.” (Vince Lombardi) So to in the spiritual life…
A Runner’s Thoughts: “Ability is what you are capable of doing. Motivation determines what you do. Attitude determines how well you do it.” (Lou Holtz) So to in the spiritual life…
A Runner’s Thoughts: Simply imagine that God is with you constantly on a run, a walk or a movement through life another way. It matters little how you conceive God. Take whatever conception of God you have and allow that image of God to accompany you through this day, through life. (Adapted from - Running The Spiritual Path by Roger Joslin)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “I used to always say, if the marathon is a part-time interest, you will only get part-time results.” (Bill Rodgers) So to in the spiritual life…if God is only a part-time interest then you will only get part-time results!
A Runner’s Thoughts: Running, walking or moving through life another way can clear cobwebs from our minds and focus our thinking. Movement through life can give us time and space to sort out the things that are bothering us or challenging us. At time running, walking and 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. Moving through life gives us with an opportunity to taste, touch, smell, hear and see God in our life!
A Runner’s Thoughts: Ask yourself, “Can I give more?” The answer is usually, “Yes.” (Paul Tergat) So to in the spiritual life…
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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
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