The Tao of Distance Running -#10

Giving birth and nourishing,
having without possessing,
acting with no expectations,
leading and not trying to control:
this is the supreme virtue.

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Every moment gives birth to new possibilities - and yet a

single expectation closes other doors.

We run without care or concern for all but

this -

That what is now may simply be.

To run without an agenda does not mean we surrender our desires - even more so we have polished the gem of our true desire to shine all the more brightly against the passing whims that may distract us. A singular desire now blazes. We have come to value the simplicity of freedom above all else and running is the demonstration of this value. To cling to a lesser desire or small expectation keeps us limited to mere mortals in a race or on a long run - to surrender this misconception is to step fully into our identity as spirit given form and released as motion. Running with this realization brings an allowance for all possibilities to occur and the freedom to respond as fitting for someone not bound to conventional wisdom. We act in accordance to our highest wisdom. We run with spirit. We run as spirit.             

Peace,

Eric   

*Portion from Verse 9 of The Tao Te Ching translated by Stephen Mitchell