Training

If anyone wonders why I am constantly so goal oriented, it is not just because I am "tenacious D," crazy-stubborn woman who wants to torture herself. It is because I am surrounded by the theme, term, and spirit of "training".

For work, I attend public health trainings. I host, plan and conceive of trainings in the field of substance abuse prevention.

Unprofessionally speaking, I see life as each day training for the next, each stage of life a training grounds for the one to proceed it.

Today, my dear friend I start training to run our half marathon. I truly believe that this experience is going to make us better people and, I think more importantly, better friends to one another. It's also an opportunity to train myself to be aware of how fortunate I am to be healthy.

I thank God more for my health than for much else in this world. The race we'll run will benefit LLS, which you can read more about here. I hope and pray that my preparation for this test, as well as it's greater purpose, will help me not only to train my body and my competitive spirit, but that it will also train my mind - to understand the cause underlying the event, to have compassion for it, to be able to speak about it in a way that helps others know and care about it.