A Runner’s Thoughts: “A [person] can fail many times, but he [or she] isn’t a failure until he [or she] begins to blame somebody else.” (John Burroughs)
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A Runner’s Thoughts: Running, walking or moving through life another way is about the physical, the mental and the emotional sides of our lives. It challenges us in physical, mental and emotional ways. Will our bodies respond, will they hold up, will they get us back home or to the finish line? Will our minds let us move beyond the pain and the struggle? Can we overcome the fear? Will we give in to what seems easier? Yes, running, walking or moving through life another way is about the physical, the mental and the emotional sides of our lives, however they are also about the spiritual. It is about breathing in the breath of God, the Holy Spirit. Running, walk or moving through life another way is about giving life to the gift of who God has created us to be!
A Runner’s Thoughts: “I don’t run to add days to my life, I run to add life to my days.” (Ronald Rook) So to if we walk or move through life another way…
A Runner’s Thoughts: Remember running, walking or moving through life another way is not just conquering, hills, distance, weight, injury, illness or pain. Running, walking or moving through life another way is most often conquering ourselves. We can try to do it alone, but it is so much easier when we let others journey with us and we are always at our best when we run, walk or move through life another way with God!
A Runner’s Thoughts: If we chose to be a spiritual runner, walker or mover through life another way, we can learn three things about ourselves. We can learn how to keep moving forward through whatever life throws at us. We can learn who we truly are, our best self. We can learn that we are never alone and always love because we have God moving with us!
A Runner’s Thoughts: Remember running, walking or moving through life another way can be a sacred act, sacred time. Sacred is a Latin word sacraficium, meaning to cut up, or sacrifice. If we want our run, walk or movement through life another way to be spiritual we need to sacrifice time, energy and comfort. It requires that we face life head on, live wholly in the present, taking on joy and suffering, savoring each emotion, every experience while offering it all to God. (Adapted from Roger Joslin)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “There are far better things ahead than any we leave behind.” (C.S. Lewis) This is true whether we are talking about life or the spiritual life…
A Runner’s Thoughts: As you begin your day, today or any day, take a moment to reflect on a sense of balance, a sense of energy, a sense of renewal that can result from you’re your living of life today. Think of a moment when you felt God’s presence. Think of ways that you felt God presence. Now take that energy, that balance, that presence with you throughout the day!
A Runner’s Thoughts: To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift. (Steve Prefontaine)
A Runner’s Thoughts: “We have got to dance like there's nobody watching, love like we will never be hurt, sing like there's nobody listening, and live like it's heaven on earth.” (Adapted from a quote by William W. Purkey)
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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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