The Tao of Distance Running - #34

The great Tao flows everywhere.

~

We are solitary - yet connected by the source of motion. From stillness we

emerge and as runners we carry the silence of our beginning

through the miles that we wander. So much is

said in the quiet spaciousness between us.

In breath and stride we find our

common ground.

When we run...we speak a language of our own.  

Distance reveals our shared nature - a common self that belongs to earth and air. We are joined in a great belonging. Viewed as such the path we run becomes our own self spread before us - eager for our steps to reconnect in exploration. Distance no longer threatens but now invites our steps to remember this holy connection. And our steps caress the ground in a stride of devotion. We are recognized and welcomed and the world opens before us. There is only this...and every runner belongs and no path exist in the absence of our steps.

Peace,

Eric

We are solitary runners connected by the source of motion. From stillness we

begin and a runner carries the silence of this beginning through the

distance of road and trail. So much is said in the hushed

spaciousness between us. In breath and stride we

find the common ground of our together.

When we run...we speak a language of our own.