It's been two days since I completed a great challenge. I DIDN'T run or jog a half marathon. Instead I speed-walked for 13.1 miles. As I'm getting older I'm finding that staying just below my threshold is likely going to help be get through the threshold sooner than if I plow myself from goal to goal.
I've had many goals in my life. And I've reached many of them, quickly. I have many that I have yet to reach. It's interesting to me to find that at my mid-life point I am finding less and less interest in reaching my goals and more interest in being present now. There was a point in my life where I was in awe of the journey, so much that it always seemed to pass so quickly I'd feel disappointment when I reached new goals.
Life is like an onion, we peel off so many layers, of the same skin as we get older we revisit similar challenges we faced when younger. I look forward to a time in my life where I feel the balance of the present, past and optimism for the future.
Will I experience that this week? I'll keep my eyes open!
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