Six to seven miles at a moderately slow pace is supposed to be easy. After all, that's about one quarter of a marathon distance, right? I'm not saying my run this morning was hard, but it did leave me feeling a little frustrated.
Was I more frustrated at the fact that it was harder than it should be or that I haven't been getting in my shorter runs during the week to help me maintain my stamina?
Like all things, we get better results when we practice regularly. Running once a week will never be easy because I'm not putting in the time elsewhere during the week to make it so.
Is this not true of our personal relationships? Without consistent communication with our friends and family, the times we do get together set up conversations to be a lot more on the surface level. Instead of focusing on the things that matter most, we spend our time talking about everything we've done in the past x number of months into about a five to ten minute conversation. (And we call this "catching up.")
And what about our prayer lives? Well, let's think about it: When our prayer lives are regular, we are more aware of God's goodness all around us. (And then we are more ready to thank God for those things at the very moment.)
It's not automatic, by any means. But, like all good things (as noted above), we get better results when we practice.
(I guess that means Notre Dame's football team got in a bit of extra practice this week, eh? GO IRISH! What a game and what a day! - See a couple of pictures below.)
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| Fall at Notre Dame |
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| Marching Band spells out "IRISH" |
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