Peace for the soul

I love running with Smole. We went for a run to Lower Pierce this last weekend and it was wonderful. The rhythm of placing one foot after another, the comradeship of running beside a friend, the sunset and the still water at the end of the road (see pic on left)... altogether rejuvenating.

I have been really stressed this last week. When I am stressed, simple decisions paralyse me and I get grumpy. Smole got the brunt of my irritable self, the poor thing. But as I ran into Lower Pierce Reservoir and came face to face with the sun setting into the still reservoir water, I felt the stress melt away. Suddenly I felt as if I could cope with all the various expectations held of me, and that the big hairy stressball that was clogging up my heart could easily be plucked out and disentangled.

I'm falling in love all over again.