Sunday Story…Relax

 

When was the last time you rode your bike with a friend with no destination or outcome or went for a run with someone way slower than you just to feel the camaraderie of activity? Maybe rent a paddleboard or kayak to just tool around the lake?

 

Part of your fitness…the general physical preparedness part in particular…needs to include activities done not for time, not for reps, not weight but for the sheer enjoyment of just being in the moment. Maybe you can find peace and solace in an activity for activities sake, enjoy the human company and stop striving and pushing for a few minutes.

 

Too often, we are in a constant race in our doings. Every so often (or even more often than that), let the race go. Let the effort drop off and talk as you ride or run or whatever. Get connected to the other human in your presence and allow the activity to flow like a river…at its own pace.

 

We need to push, to be challenged, and to strive for things. But we also need to relax and let the river of life flow and eddy around us. Finding gratitude for the abilities we have, for the people around us, and the natural world we are part of.

 

Go ahead, downshift and let the river carry on for a little while. Then come back and turn on the fire. You might find it burns hotter when you do.

 

John Mariotti

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