I was awake until after 3 am last night. I slept in and (mostly) inadvertently missed church. I then went out to lunch with my roommate and out shopping (or window shopping). After much internal debate, I decided to do my long run even though I hadn't slept well and had eaten a large lunch. 'Twas the right decision. I ran 8.64 mile loop, and it rained on me the last 7 minutes of the run-- not too shabby timing wise. The dark clouds put a little pep into my tired steps. Then, I logged it into walkjogrun to discover my run's stats. This site will calculate the distance, pace, and calories burnt. It's a fun, free site; it's exciting to figure out my pace and calories. Then, I watched some mindless television and did laundry.
This is all to say, that the angst that kept me awake last night didn't creep into my day. My "philosophical" customer's latest gem was that you decided if you're going to have a good or bad day when you wake up. I tried his philosophy by deciding to have a good day, and it worked. I feel with this decision, I had a better time with God. I'm feeling how little self-efficacy I have, and I'm thinking that's maybe the point. We are dependent on God. Maybe deciding to have a good day despite the circumstances is a form of deciding that God is good and powerful-- trustworthy.
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