Today marks 1 year since my very first post! So much has changed and happened in a year. I’ve started this blog, met some pretty amazing people from the internet, ran some races, a Half-Marathon, 5k’s, and a 10k. I’ve reached my goal weight and managed to keep it all off! 150 pounds gone baby! 🙂
I’ve gone places and lived life to the fullest, and isn’t that what its all about? Enjoying this one life that we’ve all been given? Making the most of our time here, spending it with people that we love and doing things that make us happy? Somehow, along the way, running became something that made me happy.
I firmly believe that its changed my life. I went from weighing 295 pounds and being happy on the outside but desperately wanting a change on the inside. To weighing 145 pounds and being happy inside and out. And running did that for me. It helped me become the person that I truly believe I have always meant to become.
I’m so much happier now, so much more confident. I love this feeling! The happiness that I may have only feigned for the outside world I now truly feel. Sure, I have my down days–we all do. Its normal. But, until I figured out that happiness was a journey, not a destination, I wasn’t going to be happy. And that journey includes running.
Its my time. I can be alone with my thoughts, work things out, make sense of my life or even just my day. I can visualize my next race, see how I think its going to go. And sometimes, I just think about how blessed I am. How wonderful this life truly is. I have legs that run and a strong heart that beats.
This is a random post, but it really is how I feel! The countdown is on to my 2nd Half-Marathon this week…1 week from today we hit the road for the Lincoln Half-Marathon!
I hope you all have a great week friends!
“For a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin – Real Life.
But there was always some obstacle in the way, something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, a debt to be paid.
At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my life.
This perspective has helped me to see there is no way to happiness.
Happiness is the way.
So treasure every moment you have and remember that time waits for no one.
Happiness is a journey, not a destination!”
Souza
Runnin' Down a Dream 