Thank You for the Marathon of Life and The Sprint Runner
I look athletic, but I’m not.
It’s just genetics, not endurance or discipline or anything I did on purpose.
But if Life was a metaphoric action sport, I would be all about Track and Field, not a long, steady marathon.
I like the multiple options of pole vaulting over obstacles, sprint running past drama fires, long jumping into creative endeavors, and… throwing an occasional discus when I have an olympic tantrum about my lack of endurance for tedious marathons when I need a nap.
Life is short and the defined perimeters of one competitive marathon can consume a whole lifetime before we get to the finish line.
And seriously, who wants to get there sooner and steadier?
Marathons are about endurance;
Endurance: noun, the power of enduring an unpleasant or difficult process or situation without giving way : the capacity of something to last or to withstand wear…
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