No conditional love

Best run I've had in two or three weeks this morning.

I went a bit later, the weather was, and still is, just glorious, I did just over 5K and the sweat was pouring off me. I love that.

I spent a great evening last night with 3 other really inspiring coaches and the conversation was truly uplifting. That was what was going through my head on my run this morning.

There were several great reminders for me, such as that as a coach my job is just to hold the space for my client, and that there is no such thing as conditional love, there is either unconditional love or it isn't love.

I am excited about what this day will reveal.

About beasts, running and life

Ah, Saturday morning means weekend, means getting up a little later.

I still haven't pushed myself beyond the one mile yet, the weather is not enticing enough or there's too much to do. I have any number of reasons, but the truth is I'm not inspired enough yet to do it.

Since finishing Born To Run, I can't get inspired either by the novel I'm reading, so I've ordered Rosie Swale Pope's book about running round the world solo. I'm looking forward to receiving that some time next week.

Do you reckon I might have tendencies that could be bordering on the obsessive (Nicky you don't need to comment on this one) at times? It does seem that when I get enthusiastic about an idea, it percolates everything I do. Maybe that's just what being passionate is?

I do tend to see running, and my experiences when I'm running, as a fantastic metaphor for life as a whole. For example, the following quote from Born To Run (for a change):

“You can’t hate the Beast and expect to beat it; the only way to truly conquer something, as every great philosopher and geneticist will tell you, is to love it.”

That's just so relevant to any aspect of life. Along the lines of "what you resist, persists", and that you can only change a situation once you accept that it is as it is, and then choose to change it.