I rarely speak about religion and politics mainly because I am ignorant to many of the topics and secondly because most of the times my views are different than the majority. I'm certainly not a conservative by any means nor do I float in left field liberalism, in fact I bounce around. This brings me to my Sunday morning runs.
You won't find me sitting beside you in a pew on a Sunday morning but you may pass me on the way to church running alongside a road or trail. To me running is my form of spiritual enrichment, maybe not so when I am at the gym pounding a treadmill, but certainly in the woods or on a quiet back road. When spent alone it's a time to let my mind wander and when with company it's time for open conversation. In fact what I have learned during my countless hours of running is not to judge. What I do is not for everyone and likewise...perhaps I am as one of my co-workers labeled me one of those "everyone loves everyone people". I often wonder how many people sit in place of worship anxiously waiting to leave while I wish my two hour run didn't have to end. And then as I finish a Sunday morning run along my town boardwalk and see strangers and neighbors sitting alone on benches watching the sunrise or listening to the crashing waves I know that these people "get it" to...in my own opinion it's not where you worship or find peace it's that you do it in an environment that is perfect for you.
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