Living in the moment and finding the run....

This week's video, Liza, singing Charles Aznavour's Quiet Love, says everything that my heart aspires to and on some level informs the place in my life where I find myself. It fills me with both hope and joy as I hope you will be once you have watched it....

"But come and feel my heart

Its never danced this way

I'm nervous and it's hard

I have so much to say

I've always been afraid

My dreams seemed so unreal

But now I bless this world

For how you make me feel"

Life continues to be hectic and I am trying to be resigned to the fact that I have taken on too much and that I just have to survive the next couple of months. It is trite to say that that which does not kill you, will make you stronger. Well, let me tell you, if I survive, I will be fucking Hercules (not literally... lol).

Anyway.... Focusing on the positive: I am noticing with each passing week that my runs on the treadmill are getting stronger and stronger and I continue to increase my core strength and my flexibility as the result of my developing yoga practice. Of note is the way in which I am "finding my run" which is to say that I am not just looking at the clock and counting the minutes until I am done. What I'm noticing is that I am enjoying the run and I am able to focus on running while holding my core strong with my shoulders relaxed which allows me to run harder and longer. This may sound really basic to the marathoners and Ironmen and women who read my blog but for me it's huge.

FACT: I am without a doubt (age aside) in better physical shape than I have ever been. And despite all pool of sewage in which I currently stew.... this fact cannot be denied.

And I'm risking putting my heart out to find love. If you knew me, you would understand how significant this is.

Ah life.... it is all about the here and right now. The future will just have to take care of itself.

I hope you're all having a great week!