Running towards Bliss ...

In recent times many people have been asking me about what pleasure do I get out of running. I say its not a pleasurable job but its an interesting one. At least I can tell the way my very own body and mind reacts. I am always excited as to what surprises are in store for me whenever I run. I can have a better understanding of my instincts, desires, limits, emotions, and infinitely many other intricacies of my body each time I run. Its very hard to believe that the way I have been living has become much more simplified and sophisticated. I can sense and feel many a hidden joys of life. But the positive change in me didn't start up as a sudden fire.

Believe me, I have come a long way since I started to run. I started only a year ago and never had a dazzling athletic history since childhood. The fun in the run had not rushed through my veins since the very first day of my new venture which started with a lazy 6min 30sec per km. I could hardly push myself to the 800-1000 mts mark in the first month. Not to say the least my body was grappling with every sort of gruelling pains and cramps. I could see ordinary people of more than half or even triple my age and would end up in shame seeing them completing a full 42 km marathon { something very extraordinary for me }. It was the last day of guilt. I have never looked upon the past since then. I stood up to myself and finished 4th in 10k hilly terrain amidst the humid heat of august. It was a moment of achievement for me when I clocked a 4min per km. Today I can at least say I can finish the race with athletes if not win amongst them.

My confidence in me have surged up in such a way that even climbing mountains seem to be a child's play. Literally speaking I have been more adventure seeking. I have been crossing more mountains and valleys, cycling to greater lengths and running for the new horizons. I have been able to concentrate more on daily chores. I can stand for a hell lot of time when everyone seems to break down. I was cursed with chronic illness. I even had to go on with a life threatening operation. But I guess those uneventful days are now bygones. My chronic illness have reduced to near zero. I can push my limits to that extra which makes all the difference. And I'm talking about everything in life, yes everything. I have never been so sure footed venturing new alleys. And I guess its the thing that have taken me far ahead of many { Did I mention cynics and mocking birds } . I look into the past and I feel the change in me.


For a nation to progress - chase behind wealth and economics is a secondary factor.. A country is surely successful if its citizens can do their chores on their own and are active. Don't get me in the wrong sense that we shouldn't take help from others. Its obviously a positive step which cements cooperation. But depending fully on somebody to do someone else's work is a gross blunder most of us do. We should be self reliant when it comes to our own work. Call it my dream, but I want to see billions of dollars wasted on medical bills and budget, going to nourish all of us with health.

Call it my philanthropic nature, but I want you all to take up a physical activity in your life and experience the benefits I'm going through with. With an experience and experiment of over a year, I really suggest this 'Divine' activity for you all to take up in your life. At least it deserves a try.

Did I mention I'm always available for a running advice !!