About 15 years ago my friend and I agreed to walk every morning before work. To fit it in we had to walk at 5:30am and when winter came along it was REALLY hard to face the dark, cold Iowa mornings. But we had a signal. When each of us got ready we would put the front porch light on so the other could see. There were definitely days when I dreaded going but my friend's light was on and I couldn't let her down and vice versa. So we walked consistently in nearly every kind of weather because we had made a fitness pact. Now there is texting, blogs, facetime, and facebook and sometimes they take too much attention. But when it comes to this journey it is such a gift to have people who are in it with me (and you know who you are from PA to VA, MI to OR and everywhere in between) I'm still just looking out my front window and seeing the light and in case you didn't know it is you. You are the signal. So no matter how dark or cold or tired I keep moving forward.
Monday, September 16, 2013
The Pact
About 15 years ago my friend and I agreed to walk every morning before work. To fit it in we had to walk at 5:30am and when winter came along it was REALLY hard to face the dark, cold Iowa mornings. But we had a signal. When each of us got ready we would put the front porch light on so the other could see. There were definitely days when I dreaded going but my friend's light was on and I couldn't let her down and vice versa. So we walked consistently in nearly every kind of weather because we had made a fitness pact. Now there is texting, blogs, facetime, and facebook and sometimes they take too much attention. But when it comes to this journey it is such a gift to have people who are in it with me (and you know who you are from PA to VA, MI to OR and everywhere in between) I'm still just looking out my front window and seeing the light and in case you didn't know it is you. You are the signal. So no matter how dark or cold or tired I keep moving forward.
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