Even if you're on the right track, you'll get run over if you just sit there.

"There is something fierce in the heart of a woman.  Simply insult her children, her man, or her best friend and you'll get a taste of it.  A woman is a warrior too.  But she is meant to be a warrior in a uniquely feminine way.  Sometime before the sorrows of life did their best to kill it in us, most young women wanted to be a part of something grand, something important." (pg. 11)  -Captivating

The last two days after school I have started running again.  Growing up this was always my stress relief.  It's given me the empowerment at many low points in my life.  I love running because it lets everything else melt away and it's like I can conquer the whole world.  No matter what may be going on that day, its just me, my breathing cycle, and the pavement.  Even when I run with a friend I tend to think in my own little world.   When I focus on my breathing cycle its always two short breaths in and then one long one out-been that way ever since middle school.  I also have this weird habit of putting my thumbs inside of my fists.  Guess that's just my running style.

Anyways,
Running makes me feel peaceful and beautiful.  OK, I know that may sound odd to you.  But, just think about those marathon runners.  Running is such a raw sport.  Its that feeling of getting through a painful side cramp.  Its that feeling of running for yourself, getting to the top of a sand dune after having to dig in your toes, and that hard earned sweat dripping from your face. Its knowing that while I may be smelly after a long run I have run through all of my emotions.  Somehow I left everything on the pavement. 

That's why life right now is beautiful.