Determination

Today I ran 3 miles on the treadmill. It was Monday and I was tired and I didn't do much running last week. I ran a warm up mile and then decided I had time to run 2 miles at 7:30 min pace. I was really tired after the first, but I told myself "You set this goal, accomplish it, you can do it!" I had to repeat that over and over...I had to be determined. Somewhere in the last two years I feel like I have lost my determination in some areas of my life and maybe I was an overly determined person, I don't know. What I do know is that running in a way gives me the confidence that I still have determination and I CAN be determined about other things in my life. So I run for determination--in my spiritual life, in my job, in my schooling, in my actions, in my life.