Self-Transformation

"[Long distance runners'] ... quest for quest for authenticity - understanding and celebrating life in all its dimensions; freely choosing and pursuing projects that require creativity and require self-transformation; taking full responsibility for the persons they are becoming - scorns the values of the last men"

~ Raymond Angelo Bellioti

If you are going to write a running journal, you have to engage the senses: sunlight on water, trees beside the path, purple wildflowers, sweat stinging in your eyes, and the mute cameraderie of your runnig partners. Part of the reason we run is for the physical satisfaction of breathing deeply and the mental satisfaction of pushing our muscles to new heights of exertion.

But there is a deeper aspect. We run to forge a stronger body, to strengthen the will, to increase our physical and mental capacity to meet and overcome the challenges that life throws at us. To treansform ourselves in a positive way, and ascend a step toward a higher, more intense engagement in our lives.