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My daughter ran her first 5 K on Saturday. The event does not seem very special until you know some background information. She has never ran before; not even a mile. She is only 11. She finished in just over 40 minutes. She decide to run the race less than a day before it was held.
Sure she walked some of the way, if not most of it and her time is not blow me away wow! But here is the thing….she just jumped in and did it.
I call myself the snail pacer because I like to work at my passions at a pace that does not overwhelm me or the ones I love. I like time to research, to plan, to decide how to best approach things.
Sometimes however, researching and planning just is not needed. Sometimes you just have to jump in with a child like spirit and see how it goes.
Fear entangles so many adults. Fear of failure. Fear of the unknown. Fear of what others will think. If that is where you are right now today I encourage you to embrace the heart of the child within you who once knew no fear. Just jump in and start because it is not until you start that you can say, I did that, and “I did that” whether it be with skill or with difficulty beats “I am thinking of…” by a landslide.
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SUCH an inspiring post, and congrats to your daughter!!
Thanks! Right now she goes from one minute telling me she will never run again and then the next minute she says she is going to beat her older brother’s time next time around.
Oh, I love this! Congrats to your daughter! Thank you so much for this sweet encouragement and reminder to step outside of our comfort zones!
Blessings!
Congrats to your daughter! As a runner myself, I love seeing kids getting into running! I bet this isn’t her last 5k! I think you are right, we need to take a child like spirit in some things and just go for it!!!
Thanks and I am betting it won’t be her last as well.
So inspiring! Love that we can all be challenged by all those around us, no matter the age. As adults we do tend to complicate and procrastinate whereas children do often have a more simple approach, don’t they?