I\u2019ve heard it said that it\u2019s not particularly hard to run a mile… just set an easy pace and jog along until you\u2019ve gone a mile. If you want to run a fast, or competitive, mile \u2014 that\u2019s a different story.
\nThat kind of sums up the way I\u2019ve felt lately \u2014 I think I can still run a mile, but I sure as heck can\u2019t run it as \u201cfast\u201d as I once did. I guess it\u2019s a fact that when you get older, the body slows down and even some of the simplest movements hurt. Your spirit or mentality doesn\u2019t age, but I think the mental part becomes wiser and kind of alters itself to accommodate the body.
\nBy now I\u2019ve learned that some battles aren\u2019t worth my energy and I\u2019ve resolved that there\u2019s no need for pushing so hard it hurts.<\/p>\n
Lately, for me, it seems to be like running that mile \u2014 it\u2019s all about the pace. The word pace comes from the Latin \u201cpassus\u201d that means a step, or literally \u201cthe stretching out of the feet.\u201d And my pace is becoming more like the turtle than the hare.
\nGandhi once said, \u201cThere is more to life than increasing its speed.\u201d I agree with that and I think the older we grow, the more we should try to solve our problems by wisdom rather than muscle
\n\u2014 30 \u2014<\/p>\n
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I\u2019ve heard it said that it\u2019s not particularly hard to run a mile… just set an easy pace and jog along until you\u2019ve gone a mile. If you want to run a fast, or competitive, mile \u2014 that\u2019s a different … Continue reading