Amor Fati
It is day 40. Cheers to that! 👍
I hate this running streak, yet I am still enjoying every minute of it. It is so controversial in my mind. But in the end, I love it. Why not? There’s no value in any other reaction. Bitterness, dislike, annoyance is a burden that is not worth picking up.
So I try to think great about it. Because if that's what I am doing during COVID pandemic, it was meant to happen, and I am glad that it did when it did. I need to make the best of it. So I proceed to do exactly that. We don’t get to choose what happens to us, but I want and I can choose how to feel about it.
And why on earth would I choose to feel anything but good?
So forget about expectations - either becoming the fastest, fittest, most talented runner (all the burden and anxiety are gone). Just lace up the shoes, and get out of the house, run forward, and face it with a smug little grin. That's what I keep doing. Some days it's easier than others, but I daily I get to practice this skill :)
I like it. It’s a little unnatural, I know, to feel gratitude for the things I never wanted to happen in the first place. But I know, at this point, the opportunities and benefits that lie within adversities. Overcoming this daily grind of running, overcoming challenges at work, life in general, I will emerge stronger, sharper, empowered. Because that's how I was raised. There is little reason to delay these feelings.
It’s all fuel. And I need it. So I am grateful for it.
Day 40, thank you!
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