Running - alone with myself

I want to talk about how I started running.

I always wanted to run in the morning, you know, put on sneakers, take a player with my favorite music and go for a run.  As usual. But being a shy person did not know how to start doing it. I had thoughts, "what will other say," and where to run, "etc.

After many changes in my life, I did. Ran. I wore sneakers, took a music player and went running. While everyone is asleep, you run towards the wind and your targets. To say I liked it is to say nothing. It was incredible. These feelings that I had never experienced - freedom, fearlessness and hope.

Running is a personal choice. Not everyone likes getting up in the morning and running. All individually. But personally I am very pleased to run.

Running is useful not only physically, but also psychologically. When you run, it does not matter what distances, you feel the tide of strength, confidence in yourself, and the main thing, the feeling that you can achieve the goal. During the running you disconnect from the external world, from the routine and allow you to be alone with yourself and think about your life. Being alone with yourself is helpful. You can think about a certain situation. I think about the day passed yesterday and rethink it. You can also open new sides of your personality. I discover something new every day. It is important for me to be alone with my thoughts for some time (30 minutes or an hour), to have an internal dialogue. Just running and watching the sun rise, and how the sky changes during dawn. At the same time, I release accumulated stress and negative energy. It is psychologically necessary.

Develop and get better. Difficulties and obstacles will always be on your life path. After all only by overcoming them we become better, stronger, smarter and more experienced. Running is one way in overcoming such difficulties. Success and failure are equally important. From failures, you draw conclusions, useful lessons, which will help in the future. No matter how much you run, how far, in what time. It is not a competition. The main thing is that you like it, and it makes you better. The main rival is  - you. Personally, it is for me to know that I got better than I was yesterday. Winning over yourself is what matters.

I have started to accept myself as I am. It does not matter what others think. It is your life. If you like writing - write. You like drawing - draw. Like running - run. Rejoice in her and live a full life. Rejoice and live a full life.

My life is like obstacle race. Sometimes I get to my goal having passed all difficulties. Sometimes it fails. But I still keep running to my dreams and goals no matter what. I hope one day I will make it to the finish line, and my heart will feel peaceful.