Come along, just follow me!
Hey! Jogging is easy
All the great success stories in history were achieved with a special frame
of mind: passion. It was this euphoric strain that allowed Abraham Lincoln
to become President of the United States although he only had one year of
schooling. Passion constantly drove him to new heights, helping him to
overcome all difficulties along the way. We, too, can make use of this
source of strength latent within us, especially when we have to overcome
seemingly insurmountable obstacles, so it's worth lingering on this topic
for a while. I think I can offer a few new thoughts that may astonish you.
But judge for yourself.
Perhaps no one has ever put it to you so bluntly before, but from the
moment this force takes hold of you there is nothing, but nothing, you
can't do. There's no stopping passion, and that applies to a passion for
jogging as well. So what if it's raining. You splash through the puddles
to arrive home spattered with mud, you toss your gear in the general
direction of the washing machine, having rediscovered the world of
rain afresh. Now you know what it's like when you, and not the weather,
control your own life. The days of your childhood will come back to
you, the days when you were always outdoors, no matter whether it
was raining in buckets or as cold as ice. This is the sort of carefree
attitude that will creep back into your life. Or maybe your muscles ache.
They won't bother you for long. On the contrary, those aches will
disappear after the first two weeks of running - unfortunately. This
"unfortunately" is not ironic. You will find that you miss these mildly
painful muscular contractions yourself, no kidding. The reason is quite
simple. For two weeks they patted you approvingly on the shoulder,
saying "Good work! Now you're getting a move on!" It feels good,
andit lets you know you're on the road to success, that you're freeing
yourself from the clutches of laziness.
But let's return to passion. What's behind it? What's its secret? Many
people use the word, but hardly anyone uses the energy behind it.
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