The Run

I have learned to never judge how my run exercise is going to go based upon the first two for three minutes.  Often, I start out going very slowly and labored.  "This is not good," I say to myself.  "I am washed up, old, rotting."  But often after a few minutes, I begin to feel better and run with more alacrity and smoothness.  The runs that start out a mess most often are some of my best runs.  And when I finish I can say to myself, "Well, self, you are not rotting or washed up."  So with your spiritual practice or yoga exercises.  Never judge by how you start out.  The beginnings can fool you. Be the tortoise and not the hare.  I am running like a tortoise at the moment!  Yikes.