Run, Laugh, Eat, Repeat

Change comes at a price.  The price of leaving behind feelings, experiences, people, places and habits that may have served you very well for a time.  And then that time is over.  Then it is time to move on and find new people, places, feelings and experiences. Sometimes there is a distinct line when that change happens.  Like a move - when I drive away from the house and again when I begin my new role at work.  And other times things change gradually over a period of time.  Or maybe they've been changing for a while, and the notice of that change happens suddenly. It's all change. That change is hard.  It forces one to embrace the newness, the unknown, the untested waters.  It brings with it the promise of opportunity, and the sadness of an ending.  Those endings are always necessary but rarely easy. This is what I know. Change is inevitable.  The world, our lives are in a constant state of change.  Those changes are ...

Old standbys - Saucony - I have 4 pair in the same style in various stages of wear! Nothing better than my coffee and my book in hand! Sometimes you can convince yourself just by being BRAVE! "She was living her purpose…." My iPod for running - "Run Mommy Run.  Love you."

I was going through a couple old journals today in search for some information.  There is an adventure in my near future involving a relocation to another state, region of the country and job/role/responsibility.  I'm excited, scared, proud, eager, and sometimes even anxious all at the same time. Perhaps I should cut out caffeine for a while.  At least until after the move.  Nah, what fun would that be? As I perused one of these journals I found a list I'd developed entitled, "Personal Commandments."  Some of them still completely fit.  Do they all still make sense?  Are there others that should be added? I thought it would be a great accountability exercise to list them right here.  And get in the practice of revisiting them to review.  At this point I developed the list about 2 1/2 years ago. And in no particular order: Sow a good seed. Do the right thing. Do it for me. Let it go. Be Jude at 100%. Breath in, breath...

Sometimes I find that I get distracted.  I choose to focus on something that keeps me from something else. Those are choices I've made that impact other things.  At the time the outcome of those choices is not always known.  Isn't that the interesting part though? My choosing to work on my writing on my experimental blog, I find that I haven't been focused on writing here for my health.  What I have been focused on is my mental health.  Seems like that should be an ongoing exercise, like running, doesn't it?  But sometimes things come to a head and I find I need to make a decision.  To go left or go right.  Otherwise I'm stuck in a dead end.  A place, a behavior, a relationship that isn't going anywhere anymore. That's when I need to find a map.  A suggested course of action in order to make that turn.  Through that process I've discovered some great resources online, and increased by to-read book list tenfold!  One at ...

I've been on a good stretch the last 2 months .. of running, meditating, stretching, reading and even practicing patience!  It seems to be making a difference in many areas of my life.  Yet I have to admit that there are times that I get down .. when I feel an injury that prevents me from running, when I experience anxiety, when I feel frustrated that life gets in my way and I'm unable to accomplish what I want …. And I've found my best defense is faith.  Faith that it will be alright.  It will work out exactly the way it's supposed to.  And it always does. In the moment it takes a bit of reminding and redirecting to get me back on that path.  Sometimes the situation in the moment is frustrating or discouraging.  What I've found it takes to get past all that is faith .. and a deep breath.  At the end of a deep breath - a big smile.  Because through that little exercise the reality of the situation reveales itself and it's really not a...

Sometimes things just hit me like out of the blue and I wonder why didn't I think of that sooner!?  And after the realization settles in I'm at such peace.  This has happened several times recently at work with all the lessons I've amassed over the last 8 months of a project that is coming to a close.  I honestly didn't realize that I learned so much, or that I was actually putting those lessons into action. I find that I evolve at an interesting rate.  Sometimes it feels as though nothing changes, and other times it's like I don't even remember how things used to be.  And all the while I've maintained that I just need to be myself.  Although I've changed over time through the lessons, the core of who I am remains the same. And that's a great feeling.  To not have to turn myself inside out to fit.  It not only allows me to be authentic, but feels so true deep inside.  I say what I mean, I mean what I say and I know how to say it as to...

This was a real eye-opener today.  This message that I received from Brave Girls.  It reminded me that everything I go through is to teach me.  And some things are harder to learn than others.  Seems rather silly not to know that doesn't it?  Apparently I needed to be reminded.  Because after I read this, the entire landscape changed.  Or did the eyes in which I was looking change?  Doesn't matter.  I kept going, and it felt good! Your daily truth from the Brave Girls Club Dear Wonderful Girl, Someday you will understand. You really will. Someday you will understand why you had to learn things the way you had to learn them, why you had to have certain people in your life, why things had to be so hard sometimes. Someday you will understand the way things fell together, the way you were rescued from catastrophes in funny and miraculous little ways. Someday you will understand how you were never, ever alone...even though y...