Now I'm older and a little wiser. I have missed running and the joy that I got from being in top physical shape . . . thus, here I am. I'm a 37 year old with 67 year old knees. My knees and back have taken the blunt of my life and I'm trying to get it back. Over the last month I have been doing some major soul searching and have come to the conclusion . . ."Something Just Ain't Right". I have realized my goals and values are not in line with who I am. The things I used to love out of life I don't do anymore and my spiritual and physical being needs fine tuning.
So now there is "Da Running Man". This is the new me or the improved me or the hope to be better than the yesterday me. In any case, my journey starts today. I have started back with Tai Chi which helped me mend a broken foot and now it should help me mend a broken spirit. I have been researching running and I'm starting the journey to run a 5k within a year and half marathon in two years depending on my back and knees.
Why now, you ask? Well at 37 I realize life is too short and I need to rededicate my spiritual and physical self to a more well balance and enjoyable life. With the future birth of my second child, my side business, and the death of a dear family friend and a father-like uncle it is time. Time to fine my inner joy, my inner, peace, my inner child. My tools for this journey will by my faith, my family, and Tai Chi. I have so much to be thankful for but I have allowed the devil steal my joy.
Lastly, I am stealing a line from Bill Clinton's book when he said, "I have always loved my wife, I just haven't always loved her well." I begin this chapter of my life with:
I have always loved my life, I just haven't always loved it well!
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