Sometimes it’s not about changing the situation, it’s about changing your perspective. A willingness to change perspective is what makes potential tragedies into inspirational stories. May it be running or any other part of life’s race, at some point you might have to change your mind…
Simply put, when you run along a trail and encounter a fallen tree, sometimes you can just climb over. Other times, it’s covered in thorns or too high. Faced with that situation, you have options. You could turn around and run back the way you came, but never reach the end or see anything new. You could keep trying to climb over the tree. You could sit down and wait for a force of nature to move the tree off the trail…or just pout because it ruined your plans. Or you could make a new path and go around. It might take you a little longer or to places that you haven’t been before, but you’ll still get to the finish.
That decision always seems simple when running, but how often do we run into fallen trees in life and decide that it’s “weakness” to go around them instead of trying and failing to get over them until we eventually give up or go backward? Just because you change your perspective or change your mind doesn’t mean that you were wrong to begin with. Growth happens when old views (trails) are viewed in new ways. Our muscles adapt, and so do our minds and heart.
Just like on the trail, you can’t predict the next “insurmountable” obstacle…but you can choose to go around and keep enjoying the journey. Who knows, you just might find you like the new view better!
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