When I got out of bed this morning all I could think about was crawling back into bed after I got the kids dropped off at school.
As I made the kids their hot chocolate, breakfast, and lunches I tried to justify crawling back into bed.
I could use the rest.
I will exercise tomorrow.
My allergies are really bugging me.
It’s raining.
I also thought about how my body has been feeling soft and my heart has been feeling hard.
I want my body to feel hard and my heart to feel soft.
I want to be in better physical shape and be kind, loving, and forgiving on the inside.
I reminded myself that the best way to change that is to do something about it.
I put on my running clothes.
I dropped the kids off at school.
I grabbed my running partner, Odyssey.
I did what I know will help my body become hard and my heart become soft.
I did something about it.
I spent an hour with a good friend.
I communed with nature.
I got rained on.
I saw a baby duckling.
I added an extra loop to my route.
I sang Pharrel, Maroon 5, Katy Perry, Bruno Mars, Cee Lo, Robin Thicke, Daft Punk, Taio Cruz, Jay-Z, and Macklemore songs out loud.
When I got home, I put fresh sheets on my bed…and made it.
home is…hard and soft.