Where is your Solitude ?

Solitude

By: TK 5/11/09

I ran along a deserted road at the base of a beautiful mountain today. I was so close to thousands of people, yet far enough away to not be seen. The hard road pounded at my feet like the daily grind pounds at my head. I needed a release from work, I needed some clarity and I needed it fast, what I needed was Mud. As the road curved away I found my home away from home, a narrow single track of dirt, rock, snow and mud forming a perfect getaway from the urban jungle to the mountain trail leading to a vast new world.

I noticed a hawk soaring on the currents, a deer grazing in a meadow of wild flowers and the squirrels seemed to be playing tag as the sun set in the background. What a breath taking view. I ran past them like a breeze, feeling the cool splats of mud flipping up onto my aching calves and squishing below my feet. I was at home. Not a person in sight, only the fresh mountain air, the muddy trail and the broad expanse of the city below.

The day’s stresses now gone as the mud caked to my legs like a cloak protecting me from the corporate grind, I felt one with nature and at peace with myself. Solitude is what captured the moment, the trail my guide and the mud my addiction. Find your solitude.

chasing my demons down a mountain trail

Watch out demons, here I come... .. .

Deep into the run one can have clear thoughts or a dense mind fog, either way the brain can conjure up delusional demons of motivation that can move mountains or stop you dead in your tracks. As long as you keep moving one step at a time you can concure that moment of uncertinty and continue on to what you set out to do, it is those moments that one can push their body and mind to the limit.


its when you find yourself suffering from dehydration and your having a conversation with those demons that decides your fate.......