"Life is all
about timing…the unreachable becomes reachable, the unavailable becomes
available, the unattainable, attainable. Have the patience, wait it out. It’s
all about timing.”
I like to
pride myself on being active and find a serious amount of solace in the
activities I tend to take part in. It is true I am somewhat of an addict to
trying new activities and constantly pressing myself to push and try harder
at things I never thought were possible to do. Maybe it is the fat kid inside
me that haunts me in my older age. Yes that would mean that potentially I am
holding onto all the mean things I was called, the insecurities I felt and all
that stuff that comes in between. But does it really matter when everything I
am doing is really for my betterment and in the mix of it all I am constantly
motivating all of those around me to BE AND DO THERE BEST??!? I say not and
instead give myself one hell of a jumping high five for it all J
So there is a
point to why I have started on this rant. As my friends and family know, I have
recently taken my passion for running to a new level, by saying that I will run
a half marathon by the end of this year and then perhaps go on to do an actual
marathon. Well in training for that, I on a whim signed up to do a 10k this
past weekend. Only I should mention that my half marathon training has been
severely put on hold as I moved countries and embarked on my 30 day yoga
challenge. So when I looked at my calendar and realized I had only 2 weeks to
train for this thing you can imagine my maddening pains of anxiety that took
over. And likely more so because I HAD NEVER RUN A 10K BEFORE!!!!
But in true
me typical style, I poured myself into my training, even tried to stay clear of
the Brit’s choices of beverages and just got me 10K ready.
And then
#weownthenight happened. Over 10000 women
from all over London gathered in Victoria Park, in an effort to all achieve one
goal – FINISH THE DAMN 10K and enjoy that blessed glass of victory champagne
waiting for us all at the finish line.
I wish I
could explain the atmosphere as we all waited in our race bands. It was as
though there was a flurry of excitement, adrenaline and emotions. And as the
music on my IPod started blaring and the race began I got lost in a sea of
women who I could see were no different than me. They all had a goals, dreams, insecurities and emotions that this race was going to make them feel like they could face. And at each point in that race, at every KM marker when I desperately thought I
could just stop now and walk a bit, I looked at the women surrounding me, paid
attention to the motivation blaring through my headphones and pushed forward
full force ahead.
It was an
experience like no other, and while I came out with a #personalbest time. I
will say the number one take away, lesson, whatever you want to call it that I
got out of it, WAS that the finish line, was so illustrative of the things we
want in our lives. All of us ladies ran at our own paces, with our own goals and
reached the same point when we were ready, when the time was right. There were
moments we all had where we had to either slow it down, speed it up or just
choose to get lost in the atmosphere around us without really caring about
anything but living in the moment. But
no matter what it didn’t matter, we all reached that end goal, that marker, and
got to celebrate our victories.
Timing you
see played a part.
My biggest
challenge has always been slowing things down and understanding that sometimes,
timing is really the most important element for success. I see something and I
want it yesterday. And so quickly I get lost in the ideas of things, without
even really stopping to think if it is truly what I want or if I am just
choosing to want something to keep up with the jones so to say. But this 10k taught me that life isn’t a short
sprint, but rather a marathon that requires time, patience and gumshump. And so
after crossing that finish line I made a pact with myself to want the things I
want whole heartedly, but instead of speeding ahead and pushing for things to
happen yesterday, I want to learn to really enjoy the process of riding the
wave to the finish line J Which will include smiling through even through the most of
annoying of moments - which is way easier said then done.
So cyber space,
universe space and everything that has a wave that gets this blog entry, I make
a pact with you today to say – I AM PUTTING ALL MY DREAMS OUT TO YOU, with all
the heart I have and am going to walk around smiling like I got it because I
know when the TIME is right it will ALLLLLL HAPPPPPEN.
And sooo all
you people out there – I challenge you all to slow it down, marvel in the
annoying pauses and realize that if we want it to last FOREVER EVER we gotta
sometimes let time takes its course.
And with that I leave all up to the clock....
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