A Runner’s Thoughts: Let’s live in a spirit of gratefulness today. Before we begin our day let’s declare our intention to look upon all we encounter with the freshness of the unexpected. Let us live with a sense of miraculous expectation and allow a feeling of gratitude for the extraordinary and the ordinary to flow through our being. As we live today let us be thankful to God for life! (Adapted from Roger Joslin – Running the Spiritual Path)

A Runner’s Thoughts: Every new day is a work of art, a drawing on the canvas of life. Some days are shouts and some days are whispers. Some days are eulogies and others, celebrations. When you are angry, the living of life can be a sharp slap in the face. When happy, the living of life is your song. And when your living of life progresses enough to become the chrysalis through which your life is viewed, motivation is almost beside the point. Rather, it's the living of life that motivates you for everything else the day holds.” (Adapted from the Runner’s World Daily Kick in the Butt by Dagny Scott Barrios)

A Runner’s Thoughts: As prayerful people of faith we at times seem to find it inadequate to sit and wait for the Spirit to appear. As prayerful people of faith, we always want to live our lives focused on and moving towards God but if we are prayerful people of faith what we will always find is that God is focused on and moving toward us at twice the speed! (Adapted from Roger Joslin – Running the Spiritual Path) 

A Runner’s Thoughts: “For to be free is not merely to cast off one's chains, but to live in a way that respects and enhances the freedom of others.” (Nelson Mandela)

A Runner’s Thoughts: “Yesterday is history, tomorrow is a mystery, today is a gift of God, which is why we call it the present.” (Bill Keane)

A Runner’s Thoughts: On this Fourth of July Friday, I offer you two thoughts to consider as you journey through this day…
 
This morning as I was praying the morning prayer of the Church I read, prayed, this passage for Paul’s Letter to the Ephesians (4:29-32) – “Never let evil talk pass your lips; say only the good things people need to hear, things that will really help them. Do nothing that will sadden the Holy Spirit with whom you were sealed against the day of redemption. Get rid of all bitterness, all passion and anger, harsh words, slander, and malice of every kind. In place of these, be kind to one another, compassionate, and mutually forgiving, just as God has forgiven you in Christ.” I pray these word on Friday every four weeks. Words to live by especially at this time!
 
“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” (Abraham Lincoln)

A Runner’s Thoughts: Today accept the living of life for what it is, remembering that this is a spiritual journey that, like any discipline, requires persistence through experiences of success and seeming failure. (Adapted from Roger Joslin – Running the Spiritual Path)

A Runner’s Thoughts: Let us live today with a spirit of gratefulness. As we begin our day, let us declare our intention to look upon all we encounter with the freshness of the unexpected. Let us live with a sense of miraculous expectation and allow a feeling of gratitude for the extraordinary and the ordinary to flow through our being. (Adapted from Roger Joslin – Running The Spiritual Path)

A Runner’s Thoughts: I have two thoughts for you today… Remember that if we are meditative movers through life, if we are movers at prayer then as we live each day we will be fortunate to find ways to refresh not only our bodies but also our spirits. You might say with the living of each day we give ourselves the chance to be born again in friendship with God! (Adapted from Roger Joslin – Running the Spiritual Path) – “You only ever grow as a human being if you're outside your comfort zone.” (Percy Cerutty)

A Runner’s Thoughts: “There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” (Albert Einstein)