Yesterday I took the day off for many reasons. We have seen better days. I am so thankful to be able to reflect back on all the positive things that I have learned in the past nine months and pray that the current struggles will only help us all to grow together. All details aside the evening ended in the hospital with my mother and that is never a fun experience. All is well, just a bad combination of food, heat, and emotions. It was hard to re-live a medical experience so close to the family so soon, yet another reminder of how little control we have over things. It could have been serious. God gives each of us the strength to handle anything we encounter. I needed to claim that promise yesterday, it was a rough one.
So today, I needed to run. That is my first reaction when I am emotionally overloaded. Today I ran. I was excited to see the where I was in terms of my conditioning. I have not consistently ran since I was twenty-three. I have this fancy little gadget that I can use to track my bike stats. It also records the breakdown of the run in terms of speed, distance time and the averages of all those things. I was able to shave thirty seconds off my average minute miles over the four mile loop that I have been running. It felt good to see the progress and it really helped me to refocus after yesterdays train wreck.
The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others- Mahatma Gandhi
I pray that we find the truth in that wisedom.
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