“I’ve been lately thinking about my life’s time”; from John Denver’s Poems Prayers and Promises is one of, if not my favorite line from a song. It seems I’ve been doing a lot of that lately and today even more so as I’m supposed to be writing a few words for a youth black belt… Continue reading Our Best Selves
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Now is All We Have…
These past weeks have been fraught with long hours at work, and endless bad news… My choices were curl into a fetal position and ignore it all, complain to anyone and everyone, or run for my sanity. I chose run. Today with weary legs and a heavy heart I headed out for my ten-mile training… Continue reading Now is All We Have…
Turning Corners, and sharing thoughts…
I often place unneeded pressure on myself; For instance the essence of this blog is “thoughts from the run”, but what if I don’t want to share those thoughts? See what I mean? I’ve sort of promised more than I’m sometimes willing to keep… In my defense when I first started running seriously every run was… Continue reading Turning Corners, and sharing thoughts…
Life Odometer @60
Remember when the odometer on a car just flipped instead of flash? If you do then your life odometer is close to mine… I remember my first car when I’d try to recall each major odometer milestone 1000 miles happened on President Avenue Fall River, and so on… Now that my life’s odometer hit 60… Continue reading Life Odometer @60
The Edge of Periphery
Thrill seekers enjoy living on the edge; The excitement of danger and the potential for harm. A seemingly insane way to go about life to those of us who prefer to live within the presumed norms. However I believe there’s an even more dangerous way to live and that’s on the “Edge of Periphery” those… Continue reading The Edge of Periphery
2013 Marathon
This blog often uses running as a metaphor for life – Such is the case for this entry. Races have distances; 5k, 10k 10miler, 1/2 marathons and marathons. Time has measurements too; seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months and years. So it sort of makes sense (to me) to compare a year (2013) to a… Continue reading 2013 Marathon
No Worries, When You’re Looking Forward
Had one of those “AHA” Moments today while running; It occurred to me when I’m in a positive state of anticipation, like preparing for the holidays, going to an event, planning for a vacation or giving myself a reward. I’m in a great state of mind: The same state of mind I’m in when I’m… Continue reading No Worries, When You’re Looking Forward
Sharing The Path…
Sometimes I feel like Rip Van-Winkle and I just woke up and realized how much time has passed! I’ve had two such realizations in the past two days; The first was during a kickboxing workout with my staff – I realized my age 56 was the sum of their ages 33 and 23! That was… Continue reading Sharing The Path…
Oh What a Week it Was…
This past week was “Spring Break” for my martial arts school. Which isn’t really a vacation but a time to catch up with things and people you don’t otherwise have time or opportunity for, those of you who own a business understand what I mean. Nothing about this break was typical. Normally there would be… Continue reading Oh What a Week it Was…
Perspective @ 56
Yesterday I celebrated my 56th birthday. It amazes me more and more how quickly life happens! It is said;” the days drag and the years fly”. I’m seeing the truth in that statement more and more each day. So here are some thoughts from my Birthday Run and the “Run called Life” so far: Things… Continue reading Perspective @ 56
