This morning I was listening to a podcast on my morning walk. It was Another Mother Runner, and at the end of the podcast, they were reading a letter from a "mother runner" who had just completed a 50-mile race. At the end of the race, she said she was feeling good by reminding herself that "I GET to do this!" By "get" to do this, many things could go into that...
How many other aspects of life could benefit from a huge boost up of attitude from "have to" to get to"? The first thought that comes to mind for me is that when I have to clean my house, I have a nice, reasonable-sized home to clean and a sometimes-messy family to share it with. I "get to" help my house recover from our antics. I think it would be a good exercise for me to look at more things in my day to day activities to spin that direction. How about you?
Yesterday I got to run with two friends. Our original plan was for a longer run, but one was not feeling too well and the other had family obligations to get back to a little earlier than ususal. I thoroughly enjoyed the first 7.2 miles with them and then Charlie was excited as he got to enjoy the last 2 miles with me. We were all happy! Something else I am really looking forward to get to do is Quilt Camp at the end of the month. The four of us who go to camp together look forward to it for months! In the next few weeks, I'll be making final plans on what to work on and gathering any essential supplies. All the women who attend camp freely share their supplies with anyone who forgets something and there will be a quilt shop right at camp, too, but if one needs a very specific item, it is good to bring it along! I am planning to work on a Christmas gift for someone who had admired a purse I'd made for myself. The directions were not good on this particular pattern when I made the first one, so I'd already warned Stephanie that I'd be leaving any alcohol and unauthorized guns at home as directed by our camp letters, but my potty mouth may just come along to cuss at my project LOL!!!! P.S. The camp instructions really did say no alcohol or unauthorized guns...also no CD players unless you bring headphones. Thankfully there are no restrictions on Diet Coke or we may have had to find another camp. Stephanie and I will get a great chance to run together each morning at camp before the nice camp staff cooks us up a hot breakfast...and does the dishes afterward while we shower and sew. We will be sure to find some good photo opps out there and post them. As summer turns to fall, what do you GET to do this month? I hope it includes some good running as this is the very best time of the year for some nice long runs. Happy running--Missee
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AuthorMissee and Stephanie are two Minnesota sisters and moms who love to run. We are not experts in running, parenting or anything else, but we do have years of experiences that may be helpful or entertaining to others. Archives
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