Thursday, May 03, 2007
Went for 4km run today. Exhilarating I must say.
There was something beautiful about the momentum
There was something striking about feeling the sweat slide from your hair to your face.
There was something refreshing about feeling the wind on your face.
There was something special about the shortness of breath.
And when I look up,
The sky darkened
The lights awoke
The people changed
I was still running.
I so haven't enjoyed a jog like this for such a long time. A jog that reminds me of what exactly is the world, a jog that gave me a breather through the shortness of physical breath. A jog that reminded me of who I was, and what life really is about, to remind myself what I really lived for, what God created me to do.
It wasn't the ending that counted, God reminded me that He doesn't really care about how fast I reach the end, He cares about the process and the fact that we reached the end. And when I stopped for my cool down round, I looked and I stopped. 400m is a long distance all of a sudden, but when I was running it, it felt like a breeze, one round after another and I looked back. The fellow joggers who were running.
It reminded me of life's journey.There are times we stopped, and when we stop, that's when we realize how far we really have went, although sometimes it may feel that our efforts are in vain and that whatever we are doing is just so little. Take a moment and stop and breathe and walk. You will realize the distance from the beginning you have been. To see the fellow joggers running the same path that I have ran, then I realized it was all worth it. The completion was such an achievement, so captivating that it took away all the fatigue garnered from the run.
And when I drank my ice cold carrot juice, juice never tasted so sweet before. Sweetness because of the fight that came before it. Just like how the prized possessions are ever more precious because of all the sweat and blood that was poured in achieving it.
Innocence
8:18 PM
