Thursday's scheduled run turned into a walk, which turned into a 3-4 mile therapy session. Over the years (does that make us sound old?), we have found that walking does the trick when it comes to difficult decisions or sticky situations. We've broken up and gotten back together on a walk (that one was a doozie), we decided that we'd get a puppy and we've decided that we wanted to buy, and then build a house. Obviously, these are pretty big decisions, but we've also worked on some other issues and "kinks", if you will. For some reason, we're so much better at figuring things out while we walk and Thursday was no different.
We started out in our neighborhood, mutt in tow. The conversation flowed and before we knew it, we were almost at the end of our normal route. Since we weren't done talking yet, we crossed the street and added more miles and time, which did the trick. The combination of walking and talking felt more exhausting than if we had just run the scheduled run, but in such a liberating way.
The details of what we talked about really aren't important (well, to anyone else but us). What's important is that we know what to do when the going gets tough; we get going, talk it out and don't come home until its done, decided or resolved.
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