Did you ever run or walk a marathon? It’s a ridiculously long way, and as you run (or walk in my case) you learn many things:
– one foot in front of the other is all you can do
– there are times when the next mile marker seems to move further away, not closer
– you need encouragement sometimes
– if you can keep going, you can finish
– you may have to stop and rest so you can get up and carry on
– there are moments of being ‘in the flow’ when it feels easy and beautiful and fun
– there are moments when every step is agony and you feel like you can’t go on
– although you feel like all you want is to finish, when you look back, you see the journey is the most important thing
– even though you swore to yourself at 23 miles you would NEVER do this again, within hours of finishing, you are contemplating ‘next time’
– even when it feels like you’re not getting anywhere, you’re one step closer than you were a step ago
And there are many more – let me know yours in the comments. Sometimes life is like that too – it’s a marathon, not a sprint. Your goals for your life, your business, your career, relationships, all of them – sometimes you just need to remember that as long as you keep putting one foot in front of the other, you WILL get there. And if you need some help along the way, maybe coaching will help you?
Love
Donna.x
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One response to “It’s a Marathon”
I have three running coaches… They’re all great in their own way…
I can bring each of them to mind during a race to help me carry on.
When I need to push a bit harder to get up a hill, past another runner or sprint to the finish I can hear Cliff telling me to “dig in” and giving me the strong verbal encouragement to go just a bit harder…
When I say to myself that I want to stop for a rest I can hear Joan saying “yes ok, we’ll just go a bit further first tho eh?” and I never do actually stop…
When I just want to stop and give up I can hear Malcolm telling me that’s “it’s ok it happens to everyone sometime” but he also manages to give me a look that reminds me how disappointed I’ll be if I don’t finish and so I keep going to the end…
It’s odd that it’s not so much what they do when they coach me in person that helps me achieve more in a race but more often it’s the advice I imagine them giving me when they’re not there!
Chris