Dreaming vs. Doing
I have always been a dreamer, a visualizer, but up until this morning I’ve had an issue carrying things out, just actually doing them. I woke up 1/2 hour later than my alarm clock and though I had determined in my mind that I was going to go for a morning jog, my motivation was low and I had to force myself to change into clothes and even put my shoes on. I started out walking, (I’m very new to long distance cardio-) and I knew right away that if I didn’t try to at least do one interval of jogging that I’d be disappointed in myself. So I picked up my arms and strutted down the road. Before long, I stopped and jogged another blocked and walked another, until an older gentleman jogged up past me, saying good morning. He struck up a conversation and when he found out I was a newbie to jogging (except running intervals on the treadmill) he gave me a little advice. Breathe through your mouth, loosen your arms up and hold your hands loose, keep a light pace at first. Since I’ve never been a huge runner in the past, I soaked it up. And "magically" I jogged with him for at least twice the distance I normally have been able to. Maybe it was having a running partner, maybe it was the advice, but I was doing what I’d been dreaming about for a while. We went our ways and I jogged most of the way home. It was really great. I am hoping that today I start doing more instead of just dreaming. Follow through is so important! So the day after my birthday (woohoo the big 2-7!) is the perfect time to start a new goal: Dream AND Do.
"Dreaming about a thing in order to do it properly is right; but dreaming about it when we should be doing it is wrong." ~Oswald Chambers
