Some days you have to stop...

Some days it feels like things are really hard.  Then, you get a text from a friend who is going to visit her friend's 2 year old who's kidney is failing.  Or, you realize that today is the day that your friend is having a lumpectomy to remove cancer from her breast.  You realize quickly that life is pretty amazing.

Today is a beautiful day in Chicago.  One that we've been waiting for what seems like forever.  I decided to go for a run.  I strapped on my heart rate monitor and took off for a 40 minute run.  The start of the run was filled with thinking of the past few years and how it's been challenging at times.  The minute I saw the lake my thoughts quickly changed.  I thought of all the people in my life who have had struggling times.  I thought of how truly blessed I am.  I thought of how my legs are able to run, my ears are able to hear the birds, my eyes can see the beauty that God has created for me.  As I got closer to the lake I realized that I have to stop running.  I guess I mean that figuratively as well as literally.  I am a very disciplined runner and do all of my exercising based on where my heart rate is.    As I neared the lake I felt the need to stop, to turn off the ipod, forgot about my heart rate and just be.  Be in the moment.  Enjoy God's beauty and really take in all that I am blessed with.  When we stop running we are much better at realizing our many, many blessings.  So, I stood there for a few minutes and took it in.  Really took it in.  Then I walked the beach.  Continuing to enjoy my many, many blessings.

I'll run tomorrow and probably the day after using my heart rate monitor.  But what I realized today is that some days you have to just stop, enjoy and be.  Otherwise you will miss true peace, enjoyment and God's many blessings.

Comments

[Allison Madell]

AMEN to that.

[Toni]

Enjoyed this post because my basic run is 2 miles down Pratt to the lake front. STOP. Sun salutations. Giving thanks. Slow deep breaths, take it all in, notice the sun, the waves the happy dogs. Then, iPod back on and a quick 2 miles back or maybe more depending on how much I'm digging it.

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