An Orange Evening Sun

I've been athletic most of my life. When it was time for me to stop playing soccer, I picked up the habit of running. While I'm not always consistent with my runs, I do enjoy them.

Today on an evening jog, I noticed something. Although at first I did not like to run with company, it is the best way to run. When two people run together it really helps each of them go faster.

When I was in Italy, my roommate was a cross country runner. We both knew that we had this common interest but it wasn't until the end of the semester that we decided to keep each other accountable and run together. Even if it was just taking the same metro to the running park and setting a meeting point, the simple fact of knowing that we were both out there running at the same time, encouraged the both of us to get in shape faster and in a more joyful way.

Now that Tina is not here, I find myself running less consistently and for shorter distances.

I think the same thing applies to life. In spiritual life, social life, working life, romantic life, any other kind of life, etc etc. We need the encouragement, accountability, and love of each other.