Run Anyway

A friend once asked, “How do you know at the beginning of a Marathon that you will actually finish the race?”

I suppose I could have opined about visualization techniques that long-distance runners employ, or explained the tried-and-true Jeff Galloway run/walk method that all but guarantees a smooth, injury-free finish. But instead I said, “You just do. Tell yourself you will, and you will."

In a race – as in Life – if you want something enough, you can achieve it.

Well, that’s mostly true.

I say mostly because no one can possibly predict what might happen on a course. For all you know, through no fault of your own, you could trip and fall and tear your meniscus on mile 6 and never finish the race. You never saw that coming, did you?

And that’s the thing about Life.

None of us really know how it’s going to go. None of us can predict. You can't guarantee when you wake up this morning that this day will go exactly as planned. Or that the sky won’t fall. Or that the ones you love in this life won't break your heart. Or that the World won’t end tomorrow. But you know what? Who cares.

Love anyway. Plan anyway. Live anyway. Run anyway. Not only that, but Run as if you’re going to finish. And don’t look back.