The routes I made when I started running were the Water Front and the hillier part of the neighborhood just north of here. I revisited them on runs earlier this week, and it occurred to me that perhaps the change of atmosphere we all need from time to time might actually be a return to the same old place. And those routes are places where I had my first growths and successes (this time around) in running and where I re-discovered how much I love and need it. And how it was good.
I am fortunate for manymany reasons and among them is the fact that my calendar contains more than the usual amount of opportunities for do-overs and resolutions. In January I join most of you in making and breaking resolutions, but January first has never quite been for me the beginning of a new year. It's the academic calendar that orders my days and has done since I was five. So, every first day of school was another chance to start over, to do better or to do it right (this time). The quarter system is even better because I get three new starts a year! Lent can also be a period of withdrawal and renewal and instead of giving up, there is the option of taking on new habits. Or maybe of regaining them.
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