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Just keep on running

You know, today I read Chicken Soup for The Soul : The Power of Positive and I went silent through out the day. I'm very talkative so me being silent just implies that something's wrong with me, or that I was thinking very deeply about something.

There's a few quotes that I like, and two of them are,

"The journey will look different for all of us. Some of us might get knocked down the chute five times or more, while others take the ladders straight up. It doesn't matter.
What matters is that we find our own way, and persevere.
Don't pack up the game. Keep going. "
Hollye Dexter, Chutes and Ladders
"Runners just do it-they run for the finish line even if someone else has reached it first."
Anon

I'm a runner and I used to run for my sports homeroom, be it short or long distance, back in my high school days and I even participated in FESKOTT for a track event in KTT. I never thought about my running to be something deep, not until I read this book.

Here in uni, people my age(I'm 23) is in their 4th year of Medical/Dental study and I'm still in my 2nd year. I have always felt left behind and that I am too slow, and I don't even want to think of my age when I'm with them.

Being older makes me feel that I have wasted years, especially when most of my friends of other courses are finally graduating and working. Add repeated failed exams, I really don't hold high regards of myself.

I have never felt good for having such a slow start until today.

What matters is I find my own pace, and persevere. I've ran marathons before and I know how tiring it would get. The last few heavy steps before the finishing line would always pump me up at the last minute to sprint and go for the medal. So I guess I'm still in my life marathon and I'll get to that finishing line one day, but only if I keep on running.

I never intend on stopping anyway.

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  1. Siti ZulaihaMarch 11, 2013 at 11:36 PM

    keep on running!!!

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  2. A.March 12, 2013 at 12:37 AM

    You should read Haruki Murakami's What I Talk About When I Talk About Running.

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    1. The Rocking HijabMarch 12, 2013 at 7:32 AM

      Will do inshaAllah. I have been meaning to try Haruki Murakami since you gave good reviews about him. :)

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