The following is an excerpt from my latest post at my energy healing and complex homeopathy blog. It describes how I came to decide to start RunVibrations:
Can't is a strong and overused word. I've said and thought it a trillion times, but in only a handful of those instances has it been true: I can't make it at 3:30 on Wednesday because I have to work, yes. I can't start my own business because I don't have the time, clearly no.
When I was wrestling with
the notion of running my sixth marathon this spring, knowing the time
and energy commitment, and my husband said, "Maybe you should wait and
train over summer vacation. You like to do a lot of other things on top
of teaching and running," I snapped back: "You like to do a lot,
too!" (he is training for his eleventh marathon, swimming, teaching, and
fathering). His response resonated like a Medieval church bell: "I
can handle training and teaching; when I get tired, I don't get mad or
take it out on other people." Read more
Can't is a strong and overused word. I've said and thought it a trillion times, but in only a handful of those instances has it been true: I can't make it at 3:30 on Wednesday because I have to work, yes. I can't start my own business because I don't have the time, clearly no.
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