Peace & Miles

Let the expectations go...

It’s funny thinking running is a way to cultivate peace. Yet the more I run the more I notice it does for me. I didn’t expect this from running. It showed up. I had no expectation. What wonderful gift.

It makes me wonder about other areas in my life- writing, parenting, relationships. Do I have set expectations? If I let them go and instead come from a place of love what will I receive instead? Like my running, will something else show up that I didn’t expect?

As I head into the new year, I want to show up each day from a place of love, kindness, and compassion. I’ve recognized I need this especially in my parenting right now.

How about you? How do you want to show up in the New Year?

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Poem of the Day:

Peace & Miles

Step out the back door
Crunch Crunch under my sneakers
Darkness covers me 

Like a warm blanket
I’m secure, out of harm’s way 
Outside, open road 

Is my guard, shelter
The bond of peace and miles 
At my fingertips