“It is not light that we need, but fire."

"It is not the gentle shower, but thunder.We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.”

 So said Frederick Douglass, the great American abolitionist.

 This is my call to action for today. (Yes, pretty pathetic to compare the anti-slavery movement with my own feeble objectives, but hey...)

The thing is, half-measures are simply not enough anymore - and today, half measures are about all I feel like.

The weather's foul, I'm tired, I've got yet another chill coming after my thorough drenching of yesterday, there's far too much to do...

 

Moan groan moan groan.

I really don't like myself very much when I complain. (Me with the countless blessings in my life.)

So here's to fire, thunder, storm, whirlwind and earthquake... not in the meteorological sense, thank you very much, but in my heart and soul,

so I can just

GO FOR IT!

Life is full of choices, if you have the guts to go for it.

"...That's why I get immediately bored with anyone's complaining about how boring their life is, or how bad their town is. F*%~ing leave and go somewhere else. Or don't."

Oooh, a bit feisty this morning. Not me, apart from the fact I chose that as my quote - as a kick up the backside for MYSELF.

The person who said this was Henry Rollins (American Rock Singer, Author, Actor and Poet, b.1961)

 Sorry, Henry. Don't know who you are. But then, I haven't seen Jackass nor am I ever likely to. I'm sure Mr. Rollins is even now weeping into his breakfast of whey protein. (other body-building supplements are available)

He's right though, in what he says, so very tastefully.

Things that are on the horizon for me...meetings to attend, projects to complete and, specifically, this morning - training runs to make - get all out of proportion in my brain so they seem like The Scariest Things In The World that in No Way can I possibly do. Not now. Not ever.

...when all there is to do is just get out there and DO IT, whatever it is.

So, against all my enfeebled feelings and reluctance and No Can Do, I DID...

...run 6.54 miles, up hill and down hill.

And now, everything else seems so much less daunting