Happy Sunday Everyone:
Hitting the send button on this one took some time but this experience was cool enough that the embarrassment of sending this to a large group is worth it (I think). Probably my softest Sunday Thoughts in 7 years.
I was out for one of my early morning runs last week, around 5:00AM. It’s dark and its cold and I’m typically alone out there with the exception of one older lady. If I had to guess she’s 75-80 years old. She’s tiny, she’s always all bundled up, fogged up glasses, hat, reflectors, etc. When I run by her I always wave my hand and keep on moving. Normally I’m listening to audio books or podcasts but Tuesday I just felt like listening to music (Pandora).
I’m a couple of miles into my run and a song comes on I had never heard. I’m listening to the song and the lyrics and I’m literally getting happier as I’m running and I’m running faster and lighter. As this is happening I’m approaching the lady and feeling weird….instead of waving my hand, I say “good morning” loudly..and then as I pass her I look back, put my hand up in the air and say “you are amazing!!!” and at that moment the song ends and I hear her say “you are too sweetie”. All of this is happening and I just start crying. I had such a high and such a feeling of joy and gratitude that I literally just started having tears come down my face (yes this is the embarrassing part I didn’t want share).
I’m not exactly sure what happened on that morning but I know I’d welcome that feeling again. One thing I know for sure is I made that lady’s day, and she made mine, and our relationship will forever be different when I run by her (I’ll try to get a selfie for all of you next time:). I guess that’s why I’m writing about this, the idea that we can all make someone’s day, and should. Can you imagine how cool it would be to have the mindset of making someone else’s day every day? It’s not hard, just requires a little extra thought and getting out of your comfort zone. It goes hand in hand, you’re guaranteed to have a better day yourself by focusing on making someone else’s day, and I realized last week, it doesn’t take much effort, just not letting opportunities pass by when they’re staring at you front and center.
I told my boys yesterday I was going to write about this and what had happened and then played the song, they both looked at me like I was nuts….so perhaps it’s an age thing.
So the name of the song is “Have it all” by Jason Mraz. I was going to list the lyrics but just go listen to it if you’re interested.
Have a great rest of your Sunday (GO NINERS).