Running Intead of ”Staying at Home”
The daily run is more therapeutic than lying on the analyst's couch. If you don’t take care of your body, where will you live? Life is filled with challenges and adversity. My life was filled with experiences as a teenager that had taught me how to suffer. Turns out, that taught me how to be a good athlete. You never know how strong you are, until being strong is the only choice you have. Pain only hurts. The more you know, the less you need. Running is an adventure in minimalism and finding your own strength, both mentally and physically. To do it in nature, adds a third dimension to make it a complete mind, body, soul adventure. To hike in nature with a friend or loved one, adds an even fourth dimension of connection with others, but sometimes solitude adds its own medicinal powers in clearing the mind of stress and problems of the world, as these things fade away. New habits can be made in this vacuum of thought. Strength does not come from physical capacity. It comes from indomitable will. You only ever grow as a human being, if you’re outside your comfort zone. In the face of adversity, you want to do something, move forward, not backwards. Running books are filled with all kinds of quotes on the zen of life. If you never do more than you are doing now, you will never become more than you are now. During what period of your life did you feel the best and why? When I was in college and law school, even though I was working 60 hours a week plus full time school during the days, I did something
