Everyone has those times in their lives when they're not really sure why they're living. For some people, this may only last a day, but for others, it could last weeks, months, or years. You know what I'm talking about, right? That feeling of, "I don't even know why God bothered with making all of these stupid people anyway." Well for me, I had one of these stages just a few months ago. It was the end of my first semester of college and I was struggling. I felt hopeless, like my life had no purpose. We went to Florida for Christmas, but during that week (especially the first part), I was a little depressed. Not like I was physically going to close myself off in a room and sit in darkness, but mentally that is how I felt. Nothing really made me excited about life. I was looking forward to going to Ukraine for a week after Christmas, but after than, then what? I was searching for the meaning of life and not getting far. I was desiring something more than j...
I’m not a runner, but I’ve gotten into running since the end of last semester. I am not very motivated to get up early and I live in Texas, so running outside in the afternoon is not the smartest idea. So I end up running at night. And I like it that way. But one thing about running at night is that it is sometimes hard to see because here in Abilene, Texas, we don’t always have lampposts lining the streets… and we don’t always have WORKING lampposts lining our paths. So sometimes, I end up running in the dark. Which is fine for the most part; the roads are nicely paved and I can usually tell where there are cracks or dips. But to be honest, with only a light in the distance and a vague idea of where a crack or dip MIGHT be, I tend to slow down when I’m running in the dark—partly because my night vision is not equal to that of a feline, partly because I am very cautious of my “bad” knee (even though I do wear my brace when I run in the street), and partly because I know what falling w...
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