When life asks you to run a marathon, you breathe and you preserve your energy.
You pay attention to what’s good for you and what’s not so good. You decide to keep, enhance, build on the good and leave, release, and forgive the not-so-good. You decide what is true and needed for you, what makes the most sense.
You believe in your ability to run the course. You become your own cheerleader. And you ask others to support and cheer you.
You take the time to slow your pace when you run out of breath. You remember that breaks are as precious and needed as sprints.
You become what the road, the time, the run asks you to become. You leave your pride and ego out the door and do your best. You dig deep to find the medicine in you and the gifts of your ancestors.
You celebrate every little victory, every little step, every little sweat. You add humor, lightness, laughter to the mix.
You stay gentle and kind to others and to yourself. You take it one step, one breath, one road post at a time. And you keep breathing, practicing, forgiving, starting over, and putting one foot in front of the other.
With love, light, and gratitude,
Damla
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