Your Direction in Life

The sun was still hitting the snooze button as I stood on the sidewalk outside my house in the dark. I looked left, then right, but stood frozen to my place not knowing which direction to go. So many times in life we find ourselves frozen to our seat without a heading or a path to run.

I eventually chose to go left and let my feet guide me. We often believe, if we wonder around long enough we'll stumble upon our destiny and the path will magically open up. Well guess what...it doesn't work that way! I knew I wanted to get 6 miles on this run, but I hadn't charted a course and told myself that I would just keep winding around the neighborhood roads until I hit my milage. It was so painful! I felt like I was running in circles getting no where! If we aren't living life with purpose, if we aren't running with clarity and goals, we're lost!

Contrast that to a few weeks ago when I convinced my 13 year old son to wake up at 2:00am, to come sleep in the car while I ran/hiked 14 miles on the Mount Timpanogas trail, only to return and do it again with him. It was so hard! A lot harder than running 6 miles in my neighborhood, but I was determined and I knew my goal. Even though it was harder, it was worth it. I knew my objective and I wasn't going to waste anytime wondering if I should go left or right. I was going up!