It feels good

To pull your hair up.
To feel the slight breeze from the mountains.
To have awesome songs playing in your ears.
To feel your whole body working.
To challenge your mind.

I have always said I am not a lover of running.
But I think I have had a change of heart.
I miss it if I don't run for longer than a week.
I enjoy the weather.
I enjoy the freedom.
I love the way it makes me feel.

Mid-run yesterday I decided to stop.
I found a random corner of grass and laid there.
It was beautiful.
And so calm.
And so peaceful.
I couldn't ask for much more from life
when I was in that moment.
And maybe that is how life should be;
accepting and loving what you have.
Flourishing from what is around you.
For God gave us this life,
and all I can say is 'Thank you'.

Sigh... swimming

This morning my seester Raquel
taught me some swimming lessons.
She was a swimmer for the U of U
and boy oh boy is she good!
The triathlon is a few weeks away,
3 and a few days to be exact.
If I can make it through the swimming
portion I can praise the high heavens
for not letting me drown.
ha ha.
I commend all those swimmers in the world.
It is going to be a rough, but exhilarating
sport to learn to do.