At sunset as the sky turned its beautiful, unique pinks, purples, and golds, I set out to conquer my first long run of 6 miles. Even with the beautiful scenery, my stride was variable- run, walk, run, walk, walk.. (haha). Come the 2 mile marker (the beloved end marker for my past runs) I was on to new territory which brought new excitement to the run. Yet as it grew darker and the trail became a bit secluded (a bike lane on a two way street with improper lighting), I grew a bit wary about staying the course so I detoured. It was a bit funny because I turned into a cul-de-sac thinking it went through only to find that I had made a complete circle. In the end, I made it back to the correct road and that well known 2 mile marker. This is where it became difficult. I wanted to cut corners. I wanted to just turn down a street I knew would get me home faster, yet I kept strong. I kept telling myself one more step. By the end, I had made it home without any short cutting and when I calculated my mileage with my one “Safety” detour I was shocked that I had actually gone 6.1 miles on accident.
What I learned the most from the last leg of my run was that sometimes things in life –whatever it may be- are difficult and we want to find a shortcut that will lessen the pain or the hardship. Yet when we take those shortcuts, we miss out of the challenging ourselves to grow. We end up not pushing our limits and see that we can do more. Now I know some of you may be saying to yourself, “ Jenna you are talking about running…pfff…life is different”. If you hold that belief than that is your opinion and you are definitely free to have any opinion you like. However, the Bible draws a correlation between life and a race (running). The lesson I learned was we can all do difficult things if we take it one step at a time and continually remind ourselves A) why we are doing it and B)that we CAN do it!
That’s enough chit chat for one day haha
….Until next time!
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