Realised that i am more of an ultramarathoner after running more and more.
This shucks. Hopefully i am committed enough. Running 80km in 12 hours is my target.
What shucks is that they people around me think I’m crazy.
People ask me why I do it. I think I will ask myself during that 12 hours. Hopefully I can find for the answers.
Conclusion: I need to run more
I read of a man who stood to speak
at the funeral of a friend.
He referred to the dates on her tombstone
from the beginning…to the end.
He noted that first came the date of her birth
and spoke of the following date with tears,
but he said what mattered most of all
was the dash between those years.
For that dash represents all the time
that she spent alive on earth…
and now only those who loved her
know what that little line is worth.
For it matters not, how much we own;
the cars….the house…the cash.
What matters is how we live and love
and how we spend our dash.
So think about this long and hard…
are there things you’d like to change?
For you never know how much time is left
that can still be rearranged.
If we could just slow down enough
to consider what’s true and real,
and always try to understand
the way other people feel.
And be less quick to anger,
and show appreciation more
and love the people in our lives
like we’ve never loved before.
If we treat each other with respect,
and more often wear a smile…
remembering that this special dash
might only last a little while.
So, when your eulogy is being read
with your life’s actions to rehash…
would you be proud of the things they
say about how you spend your dash?
©1996 Linda Ellis
Local Time: Hours 2058
Location: Hamilton, New Zealand
Mood: Unknown
I been given a lot of time to do plenty of reading in the past few weeks. Love the time I have to just enjoy my time here and just relax and read. Reading includes some materials I downloaded from the internet, a great blog about a traveller who wants to visit all the countries by the age of 35 (view here), Lee Iacocca’s autobiography and so many other materials.
I have been just doing two of those things which I thoroughly enjoy; reading and running. Not something that many of my friends like, but what I love doing. It might sound that I enjoy such activities that would allow me some solitude, but that’s just me. Loving every moment I get to sit back, reflect and just think about some things.
I realised that I do not really need a plan in my life. I just need to open my heart to events.
Plans are important to achieving our goals and the success we want, but who says that is the only thing which matter in our life. What’s the use of achieving our goals and success. Probably we are just so conditioned with this thinking that if we get what we want we will be happy. Not necessarily.
What we need to really do is to really open our self to events and situations. The sense of openness. Not expecting too much. Not wanting to control too much, but just allowing. Letting it be, whatever happens.
I am so grateful for so many of those things which have happened recently.
I am grateful for the great runs that I have in the past few weeks.
I am grateful to have stumble upon so many good books. (notables: Malcolm Gladwell’s collections)
I am grateful for the fact that I have so many nice people around me.
I am grateful for the ability to step back and really ponder about my life for a moment. (I pray and hope everyone would get a chance for that. I know how much it would change their lives if they do.)
I am grateful for the fact that I have been given the access to so many reading materials.
I am grateful for the ability to connect with so many people through the internet.
I am grateful for being able to meet different people from different racial and cultural backgrounds.
I am grateful for having a nice notebook to jot down my thought. To ramble and doodle.
I am grateful for the fact that I am achieving many of my dreams.
I am grateful that I could be positive no matter what happens in my life.
I am grateful that I could enjoy my journey through life without really complaining much.
I am grateful that I meet other people who I know I could learn from. I look and learn from their lives.
I am grateful to have legs to run, which allows me to enjoy the wonderful scenery and nature.
I am grateful that I actually have someone reading this.
I am grateful that I have wonderful friends, who consciously or subconsciously have guided and taught me.
I am grateful for all the experiences that I have in my life.
I am grateful that I know how to appreciate this life that has been given to me.
I am grateful that I am loving my life.
I am grateful of the fact that although I am only 20 years old, I have actually lived a very very good life. I have done all that I have wanted and do things which I really wanted. There are some things which I would have hoped for a better outcome, but I realised that sometimes things don’t go our way for a reason. It is often a lesson we have to find out.
Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
Done. Managed to go to Taupo to do it. Skydived from 15000 feet.
Only have a certificate to prove it. The video is way too expensive for me to buy. Almost RM350.
But, no worries. I would definetely do it again some day.
If anyone were to ask me on which one I prefer comparing the skydive to the bungy, I would definetely say I prefer the skydive.
Love the adrenalin.
