Like many of you, I read a lot of blogs. One thing that I read repeatedly is how each of you "fit it in."
I don't want to just "fit it in".
I don't run each day to simply prepare for the next race. In fact, I honestly wouldn't need to race very often at all. I run every day because I enjoy it. I run because I need to take care of the body I have been given. I run because I need time to reflect on my day, to focus my thoughts on others, to quiet my mind and pray. I run to show my children an active healthy lifestyle. I run because I am a person beyond the roles I play in the friends and family's lives.
I don't run each day to simply prepare for the next race. In fact, I honestly wouldn't need to race very often at all. I run every day because I enjoy it. I run because I need to take care of the body I have been given. I run because I need time to reflect on my day, to focus my thoughts on others, to quiet my mind and pray. I run to show my children an active healthy lifestyle. I run because I am a person beyond the roles I play in the friends and family's lives.
Running fills a place inside me that is essential not optional.
I wonder why so many feel that running or fitness in general is something to be done when we "have time." Something to be fit in around all the other things in our lives.
Why is taking care of ourselves considered a luxury instead of a requirement?
Why must I choose between time with my family and time for my health? Why do people say that I am choosing between the two?
I am not.
I am not choosing to take time from my family to exercise.
I am choosing to give some of the time I am given each day to making myself a better person so that I am more able to give myself to my family and friends.
Why is it so often seen the other way?
Is this distinction because unlike love that we share with our families, our time is a limited commodity?
If I give love to one child it doesn't lessen the amount I have for another child.
But when I give time to myself each day it is viewed as taking away time from family.
When I get a shower or brush my teeth or have my hair cut or go to the doctor, no one ever tells me I am taking time away from family. When I scrub the floors or wash my car or clean the bathroom or cooks meals, no one ever tell me I should not be doing that because it's time I should spend with my family.
I wonder.
When in a lifetime does a person lose theability, luxury, privilege to use some of the time they are given each day on themselves?
Doing enriching healthy activities that make you a better person; isn't that part of what a life is for?
Your thoughts, please.
Why is taking care of ourselves considered a luxury instead of a requirement?
Why must I choose between time with my family and time for my health? Why do people say that I am choosing between the two?
I am not.
I am not choosing to take time from my family to exercise.
I am choosing to give some of the time I am given each day to making myself a better person so that I am more able to give myself to my family and friends.
Why is it so often seen the other way?
Is this distinction because unlike love that we share with our families, our time is a limited commodity?
If I give love to one child it doesn't lessen the amount I have for another child.
But when I give time to myself each day it is viewed as taking away time from family.
When I get a shower or brush my teeth or have my hair cut or go to the doctor, no one ever tells me I am taking time away from family. When I scrub the floors or wash my car or clean the bathroom or cooks meals, no one ever tell me I should not be doing that because it's time I should spend with my family.
I wonder.
When in a lifetime does a person lose the
Doing enriching healthy activities that make you a better person; isn't that part of what a life is for?
Your thoughts, please.
