The Runner’s Edition of The Beginning, Middle and End

February 10, 2018

I remember the words that were said at the beginning:

“You can and you will.”

“Breathe in and breathe out.”

“Focus on the goal.”

“Relief is coming.”

I remember the images in the middle:

The beautiful blue sky,

Familiar faces of friends and family,

And the perfect green grass ahead of me.

I remember the feelings at the end:

The unexpected snap,

The hard ground catching my disabled body,

And the destructive thought repeating in my mind:

“You can’t and you won’t.”

“You can’t and you didn’t.”

“You can’t and you never will.”

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