i can very rarely wake myself early enough to run outside in our neighborhood, but on those occasions where this happens, i find that it's well worth the effort. this morning, on my run, i was afforded the opportunity just to think.
i'm one of those people who never gives herself the chance to "just think." in fact, as we speak, The Governor and Conan have removed themselves from the premises so that i can take a break. and what am i doing? going online and writing a journal entry, then showering, and then laying out my beads again...to probably make a pair of earrings and a bracelet. either that or scouring through my fabric stash to start a pair of handbags.
so running is the perfect thing for me to unwind and de-stress, because while i'm doing something, my mind has no other choice but to just run itself. i let the thoughts come to me spontaneously, which is sort of rare. usually, i'm forcing myself to line up my thoughts in a manner that "makes sense." but when i'm running, i don't do that, which is a bit liberating.
this morning's run was nice: an early morning rain had just ceased, and the earth smelled fragrant. i reached the point in my run where i run uphill for about 3 minutes, and as my legs started straining, i switched my thoughts to journal entries and gemstone combinations, and just ran. my left knee was aching dully from all the work i'd done with it yesterday while pumping the brakes to help my husband bleed the brake lines, but it was a bearable sort of pain.
i welcomed myself to fresh mint from my neighbor's yard, of course with their earlier consent.
i need more times like that, where i let my mind just work itself, rather than burdening it with a forced sort of order of thoughts.
Posted by equilibrium-girl at July 18, 2004 10:48 AM