Sunshine... Warmth...Dance...
...Running and leaping through an open field in the middle of no where on a bright, sunny day.
Those are things I crave all the time, actually. That sunny field is my happy place when I need to get through anything from labor pains to being in the tight MRI machine for an hour to trying to coax my body into falling asleep after a particularly stressful day. When I'm meditating in my yoga class and the instructor tells us to take our minds to some place relaxing, I'm immediately running and gliding through that sunny field. I took the kids inside the house today after grocery shopping and then quickly ran outside to get the mail. It felt so good to just run! I wasn't loaded down with kids and a diaper bag and all sorts of random things filling up my arms. I realized that it has been a really long time since I was able to just take off running, by myself, with nothing to hold me down (I'm completely referring to that heavy diaper bag! It comes with me everywhere I go!) I really crave that fresh air, that freedom, that exhilaration that comes from running with the cool breeze blowing against your skin as your legs just carry you forward effortlessly. I used to dream about it a lot in college when I would get particularly stressed about my lack of time to do everything that I needed to do. Once I dreamed that I ran across the entire country in order to see Jordan in Kentucky. Last night I dreamed that I was running but I was holding a white ball of some sort and it kept slipping out of my hands as I ran, so I would fumble for it and try to keep it from falling. If there are any dream interpreters out there, maybe you can help me with this recurring dream I have about running. Keep in mind, I am NOT a runner.
Anyhow, that's my post for today.
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