{"id":1251,"date":"2015-05-13T17:49:11","date_gmt":"2015-05-13T12:19:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/therunningsoul.com\/?p=1251"},"modified":"2015-05-13T17:57:29","modified_gmt":"2015-05-13T12:27:29","slug":"some-thoughts-on-the-last-60-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/therunningsoul.com\/2015\/05\/some-thoughts-on-the-last-60-days\/","title":{"rendered":"Some thoughts on the last 60 days"},"content":{"rendered":"
And, for a Wednesday\u00a0(Saturday it should be actually!), a few stray thoughts and a few general observations and a few points of view (almost all my own work).<\/p>\n
Like the joy and satisfaction of sweat mingled with discomfort, at the end of a workout, is much greater than the effort required to get out of my\u00a0cushy air-conditioned room.<\/p>\n
Like the light feeling when I eat healthy all day. This motivates me to keep the unhealthy food out of my diet. The red velvet cupcake doesn’t beckon me any longer.<\/p>\n
Like the head rush I get while doing hill sprints on Saturday after a warm up, which ends near a building under repairs, which has the board of the company “Coopers Engineers”. \u201cCooper\u201d, now has a new meaning on my life, after Betty and the fudge! As I turn around for the slow jog back, I walk through a bed of pink and white frangipanis, scattered around like aromatic jewels! The\u00a0punishing workout has suddenly become rewarding.<\/p>\n
Like the wisdom of a new friend, from whom I learn new things each time I meet. People remember stories, he says, matter of factly. \u00a0Epiphany. Tell them well. Create memories, he says. That’s what life is about.<\/p>\n
Like the gratitude I feel for a fellow runner who is\u00a0a champion swimmer, who is making time to correct my free style stroke. After a month\u2019s hard work, I finally feel like a fish!<\/p>\n
Like the unexpected joy of a spontaneous afternoon with a friend from long ago, with sparkling laughter and sangria, making me feel like a child cutting class!<\/p>\n
Like the chance meeting with an old school friend, reinforces my belief, that in order to get further clarity in thinking, meditation is the only way. Meditation is a lot like doing reps at a gym. It strengthens your attention muscle.<\/em> Control of the mind seems to be the key.<\/p>\n Like the fuzzy feeling I get in my heart when unknown people reach out to me and connect. Readers. Runners. Friends. All!<\/p>\n Like an insightful article I read by Aakar Patel in the mint lounge, which has inspired me to write post the way I did.\u00a0 \u201cAnd this final point of view: that writers, like painters, like sculptors, need models. The great Behram Contractor, who wrote his columns as a man might speak\u2014easily, colloquially, conversationally\u2014was one I was drawn to. Like Eklavya, I tried to absorb his style from afar and emulate it. He died 14 years ago and I miss him.\u201d<\/p>\n