I Am a Runner

There are two thoughts/idea/visions that have been mainstays in my mind that most people looking at me (including myself) may think are far fetched. The first thought being that I will be a millionaire somehow someway someday, but this is not the idea that I focus on. Because life taught me a lesson several years ago that money truly cannot buy you happiness, therefore I made a conscious decision to make the quality of my life and my families life a priority over any monetary gain I may encounter. So for now I have decided to breathe life into my vision of becoming a runner and will focus on the millions a little later. *wink*

There is something inside me that keeps telling me that I should run, in my dreams I run and in my daydreams I picture myself as one of those people who just HAVE to run. I have become addicted to the idea of running. So just a few days ago I was having a conversation with myself and I said, “self if you are convinced you are a runner than surely you can convince your body of this.” From that point I found a Four- Week Beginning Training Program to Run 1 Mile, that I am determined to complete. If I can get my body to agree with what my mind has already confirmed than I truly am on my way to being a runner. 

If I were to sit here and allow doubt to creep into my thoughts It would say you are obese you can’t run, you need to lose weight first, you don’t have time to run and on and on and on. But I got a few words of wisdom for Mr. Doubt, being obese is just giving me more motivation to run and I have proven already on my first training day that I can run maybe not fast or long yet but I can run. And not having time every one has that excuse, those who knows and love me know that I LOVE my sleep, but I am rising early in the morning even before the sun rises to make my mind’s reality of me being a runner my bodies as well. 

The funniest thing is that my belief and or desire to be a runner has nothing to do with my desire to lose weight. What I want most is the experience that avid runners describe of it being freeing, a way to clear their had, therapeutic and the sense of accomplishment for every new goal achieved. 

I realize this is just the beginning of my journey as a runner, but I am excited and look forward to sharing more with you. So what thought our idea have you have allowed Mr. Doubt to suppress in your mind for fear of you being unable to realize it? What’s inside you just itching to get out?