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This Made Me Cry

August 21, 2013 · general

A friend shared with me this article that features part of The Oatmeal’s “The Terrible and Wonderful Reasons Why I Run Long Distances”. And I cried at the end.

Click the picture for the entire series at The Oatmeal.
Click the picture for the entire series at The Oatmeal.

And then I wondered if maybe I am missing those long, exhausting runs. Because why else would I cry?

And maybe my attitude toward running has been poor lately because my attitude about everything has been poor lately.

Maybe I have a bad attitude because my only child is going off to Kindergarten in a couple of weeks and I’m feeling a little left behind.

Or maybe it’s because I’m going to be 36 and I thought I’d be living my passion by now.

Or maybe it’s because I don’t know what my passion is.

Maybe, like The Oatmeal said (more brilliantly), running helps keep me a little bit dumb so I don’t over think things.

Maybe I need to go for a run right now…

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abbiAugust 22, 2013

I loved this as well when I saw it the other week. I can relate to those feelings, I’ve certainly had them but they are missing on this front too, I know how you feel. I think it’ll come back for all of us in time!