Finding Balance

Pretty much since the day Dash arrived, I have been taking him on morning walks. For me it’s my favourite time of the day, the air is cool and there is a sense of calm as light starts to fill the landscapes. Of late I have been part running and part walking, wanting to increase my fitness. It's taken me some time to build up to running the entire loop but yesterday that happened. Full of pride I marched in to tell every one of my achievement and was convinced I needed to keep up this trend. This morning I set out again to run the same loop and hopefully a bit more, three quarters of the way in I felt something was missing, I was racing past, focused on goals but failed to experience the very thing I love most, being present. I stoped running and walked the final stretch, taking in the magnificent hazy sunrise that last night storm had created. Walking home I realised it doesn’t have to be one or the other, there is time and space for both.