Top of the morning to you, incredible human who sometimes likes to move faster for longer than most of our species tend to appreciate 😅
Speaking of doing things a little differently, I want to share this quote with you:
"I would like to point out the importance of chasing your own dreams. You must live with whoever you become, and those around you have to live with that. It's important to be who you want to be, and not what others want you to be.”
– Nils van der Poel
As a parent, I reflect around what van der Poel, the inspiring Olympic and World Champion speed skater, is saying. A lot. Much more than what’s constructive. How do I impress upon my children the wisdom that he conveyed with merely three short sentences?
I don’t have a good answer. Not yet. So in the meantime, I’ve decided that the best I can do is to show them. And, truly, that is why I spend so much time running. Because I must live with whoever I become, and those around me must too.
And I would very much like that to be a guy who runs a bit. Not because he aspired to become a world champion, or participate in the Olympics. Because an important part of the lesson is that not all dreams are big. But small dreams–such as ones about running just a little bit faster than you thought you would ever do–are worth chasing too.
Too deep for a Friday morning? Alrighty, let’s get on to business then.
