Field Running

If certain aspects of the past didn't happen, we might not have had the pain, but we also wouldn't have had the experiences or the motivation to move forward. These experiences change our lives everyday we live them and every decision we make ripples and paths a future.

I remember when I was younger my Nan had a huge field at the bottom of her garden. It was full of high corn rows and when they weren't cut down and had time to grow, they could reach your neck. It didn't hide you, but the field was huge and you could run through it for ages! We would run, play and spend hours amongst the vast yellow crops. It didn't matter what happened outside of the field, because whilst we were in there playing, it seemed like the world stood still. We escaped and ran through the deep endless corn.

Wouldn't it be nice to run through a field with that same feeling? Not thinking about money, past mistakes or future ones. Running in the field when you're young, without worries or a past to think about! I guess as you grow up your field becomes smaller. You don't run as far and you think more often about choices you made and decisions to take.

I realise now more than ever, we can run in fields and get away from life, the only difference now is we run with experience. It's these experiences that make us better runners. Whilst we might have had a care free run in a field back when we were young, our run now might be different, but we can still control the direction and speed we take.

That's the thing about life, sometimes we come across parts that are hard, tough and testing, decisions get made and it is scary... But at the end of the day you really have to run with it.

We all make mistakes. We all have regrets and we all have hopes for our futures. Sometimes you just need to step back to move forward. Sometimes we want to just have a run in the field again.

No one said life would be easy... So if no one said it, then there’s no one that can say you’re not in control of how easy you make it.

I once heard, that to really find yourself you sometimes need to run away. I disagree; I think you don't stop finding yourself throughout life... We continue to make mistakes, take journeys and go forward learning and developing as we go. Life is all about enjoying it to its full running through fields and chasing our dreams.

Just because sometimes we run, it doesn't mean we don't like what we leave behind... Sometimes we just need to do things we dream of. Sometimes it's not running, sometimes it's living... And sometimes we run back.

Sometimes we run because we fear what will happen if we don't and other times we don't even realise we're running.

Life isn't a stroll, it's a run and we're forever running, learning and growing... Sometimes with people by our sides and sometimes with a hope that we'll win our race, whatever that may be.

To my Nan who wanted us to chase our dreams, be happy and let us run in the field.