This week our 4yr old, Grace, got awarded the ‘Runner of the Month’ at school.
She came home with a little certificate; she was over the moon.
I was so proud of her and we had a celebration; what a win.
She proudly put her certificate on the fridge, lining it up in the perfect place and carefully putting fridge magnets on it to hold it just right.
I asked her “How did you win it, by running the fastest?”
She said “No, I run and I don’t stop, other children do”
She ‘just runs’. And she does when I think about it. I love watching my two girls just run about. Kids run about just because they can. No other reason.
We’ll be walking around somewhere and one of them will suddenly say “Let’s run” and they do. Brilliant.
Us grown-ups forget to run about. We only run when we’re late or its a form of exercise.
What else do we stop doing so much when we become busy little adults? We maybes don’t laugh so much, or relax as much, or have so much fun, or be silly, play games, or sing and dance.
So stop, breathe, relax – just for a moment. Have a moment to yourself, every day. Whether its a walk outside, meditation, having a coffee without scrolling through fakebook, read a book, or just staring at the wall (which is, in fact, a form of meditation). Just 5mins. Then build up that time, and schedule it, don’t just grab it when you have time. It won’t happen.
And run. Randomly run. Or do your equivalent of a random run. Because you can. When you’re old and frail you’ll do anything to be able to run. So, make the most who you are, the health you have and who and what you have, today, in the present.
A phrase I like:
If you have one foot in the past and the other in the future, then you’re pissing all over the present.
This morning in the car, Whitney came on, I turned it up really loud and sang my little ginger heart out to ‘I Wanna Dance With Somebody”, it felt good. Try it.
Never stop running.
Thanks to my kids for all the little thought-provoking lessons.
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