I had an epiphany about life while running yesterday. It was a nicer day, the sun was out but the wind was blowing. I was jogging with my daughter in her stroller, which is usually pretty light when its just Kloe and the stroller. But today with the wind blowing I had Kloe strapped into her carrier, bundled up and snapped into the stroller this way we had use of the double canopy for a wind break.
As I ran up a hill I got a strong blast of a head wind. The head wind used my daughters stroller as a wind sock, which made the stroller even heavier to push. This happened a bunch of times on my run. And with each hill I was getting more and more tired. I was starting to think about giving up and I just couldn't wait to turn the corner just to have the wind blowing at a different angle. After laboring pretty hard up one particular hill while with the wind at my face I had this wonderful epiphany about life!
Life tends to be hard sometimes. We have our big hills and small hills. We struggle, we grumble, we say, "why me?"... when we are having a hard time of things. But just like a strong head wind, the wind will shift and eventually you will get the wonderful awaited tail wind! Life eventually shifts too and you get a helping hand. Things start to go your way, you stop thinking of giving up and start moving forward again. So remember next time when you are struggling with a windy day and life just isn't going your way, the wind will eventually shift and your load will be lightened!! You will get a break and everything will be ok.
Another analogy I had while running was that with this wind blowing hard at my front, my body was having to work harder to maintain speed. Which meant for me that I would inevitably be getting stronger, because my lungs and muscles were having to work harder to keep up. Now I had something to look forward to on a non wind day!! My speed would increase and all thanks to the wind! My body was learning to work harder and go faster. Life works in this way too. It throws you a curve ball and you have to work harder on parts of your life that need more development. Pushing you to make more headway so that you become more mature, and a more well rounded person! I know it doesn't feel great at the time, but we all have lessons to learn, some harder then others. This way when life changes coarse again and we get a relaxing break, we can help others through their windy day. Giving encouragement, love and compassion because we have already weathered the storm.
As I ran up a hill I got a strong blast of a head wind. The head wind used my daughters stroller as a wind sock, which made the stroller even heavier to push. This happened a bunch of times on my run. And with each hill I was getting more and more tired. I was starting to think about giving up and I just couldn't wait to turn the corner just to have the wind blowing at a different angle. After laboring pretty hard up one particular hill while with the wind at my face I had this wonderful epiphany about life!
Life tends to be hard sometimes. We have our big hills and small hills. We struggle, we grumble, we say, "why me?"... when we are having a hard time of things. But just like a strong head wind, the wind will shift and eventually you will get the wonderful awaited tail wind! Life eventually shifts too and you get a helping hand. Things start to go your way, you stop thinking of giving up and start moving forward again. So remember next time when you are struggling with a windy day and life just isn't going your way, the wind will eventually shift and your load will be lightened!! You will get a break and everything will be ok.
Another analogy I had while running was that with this wind blowing hard at my front, my body was having to work harder to maintain speed. Which meant for me that I would inevitably be getting stronger, because my lungs and muscles were having to work harder to keep up. Now I had something to look forward to on a non wind day!! My speed would increase and all thanks to the wind! My body was learning to work harder and go faster. Life works in this way too. It throws you a curve ball and you have to work harder on parts of your life that need more development. Pushing you to make more headway so that you become more mature, and a more well rounded person! I know it doesn't feel great at the time, but we all have lessons to learn, some harder then others. This way when life changes coarse again and we get a relaxing break, we can help others through their windy day. Giving encouragement, love and compassion because we have already weathered the storm.
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