Decision to Walk
Feb. 14th, 2010 11:16 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdayFor the second time since my forced layoff from the track, I've taken seriously what my body has been telling me and walked, rather than run, my daily two miles in the snow.
Moreover, I've decided that this is what I'll content myself with - for the rest of the winter and likely for the rest of my life as well.
To be honest, I do so with profound regret. I loved the challenge of it and loved even more the possibility that I might once again do what I had done as a young man.
Because inside I'm still that person who's always needed to find and secure a place where he could win, in a conspicuous way, against life.
Now, however, I know that the journey can be long and I've decided that I want to be on my feet as close as possible to the end of it.
I don't plan on taking as long as my father took to get there. But I'll likely be walking from this point on...
LPK
LiveJournal
2.14.2010
Moreover, I've decided that this is what I'll content myself with - for the rest of the winter and likely for the rest of my life as well.
To be honest, I do so with profound regret. I loved the challenge of it and loved even more the possibility that I might once again do what I had done as a young man.
Because inside I'm still that person who's always needed to find and secure a place where he could win, in a conspicuous way, against life.
Now, however, I know that the journey can be long and I've decided that I want to be on my feet as close as possible to the end of it.
I don't plan on taking as long as my father took to get there. But I'll likely be walking from this point on...
LPK
LiveJournal
2.14.2010
