about resolutions

i don't really make new year's resolutions.  pretty much the last one i remember making was to no longer make resolutions.  sure, at this time of year i think about things like eating better, being nicer to my kids, being nicer to myself, getting exercise... but i don't resolve to do anything.  this year i believe i have happened upon an accidental resolution.  in november, i started running, almost daily.  i am not crazy about any routine exercise, i don't like exercise classes and i have a difficult time motivating myself.  but this has been different - this feels like a gift i am giving myself, every time i head out.  no, it is not always a blast but i am always glad that i am doing it and for some reason in my life right now, it is not even that hard to make myself go.  so the reason this feels like a new year's resolution is because here we are, the new year is upon us and i am in the habit of running, so it is easy, so easy that it feels like a treat, to resolve to continue to run for myself.

herewith, some things i have discovered that i love about running:

quiet time by myself

if i go in the morning i get to enjoy it all day

all i need is a pair of running shoes

i don't have to wait for anyone

i don't need to be on anyone else's schedule

i can move at my own pace

i can walk if i feel like it

i can go for as far (or short) as i please

my mind wanders to corners i could not will it to go if i tried
nothing has to be open for me to go
i am ALWAYS happy when i am done