FIVE

FIVE.

my new favorite 4-letter F word.

Well, here it is. My first five mile run. I started out saying I was hoping to make it to 3 miles. And once I reached that I talked myself into 4. Once I reached 4 miles I asked myself what the hell the difference was really, between 4 and 5. I realized that there wasn't much of a difference. I was already running, I was already tired, I was already soaked in sweat. I may as well keep on keeping on.

And so that's what I did. Five miles. If you had asked me just two weeks ago if I could run a mile I would have scratched my head and said that the possibility existed only if I were being chased. And now here I am. Looking for myself. And I'm finding that with every mailbox I push myself up to and then pass along a street...  the hardest part of this is really just believing that I am in control of how far I get.

"I have the key in my hand, all I have to find is the lock.

NOW LISTEN TO ME, ALL OF YOU"

Whatever will be, will be. And we are all IN CONTROL. We can change things. We can do things! For ourselves and for each other. WE CAN! If I can, YOU CAN. What is a dollar donated to a rebab? What is a mile dedicated to change? It's just a little bit more than what you're doing already. 

I woke up to this message this morning.

"Hey. I just stopped drinkin n smoking two days ago.. 

ur part of my inspiration.. 

i would love to run with u or workout if u want..

i think u can help keep me motivated...

 if not its cool im gona still try n make it"

HE WOKE UP, ALSO.

This is why. DAMNIT, THIS IS WHY! This is why I know we CAN! I will be thinking of this message and the man that wrote it when I run tonight. I have talked to so many people lately. They have told me of their struggles & their successes. I'm overjoyed by people's willingness to change. I'm changing alongside each and every one of you willing to see this for what it is. 

 

addiction

 

ad·dic·tion

[uh-dik-shuhn] Show IPA

noun

the state of being enslaved to a habit or practice or to something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming, as narcotics, to such an extent that its cessation causes severe trauma.

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Because honestly, what is a dollar? PUSH FOR CHANGE WITH ME.