Running insight #321

It was a gurly day th’ day, meaning it was very windy. So when I ran this morning I stayed on the greenway, which has tall hedges on either side. I congratulated myself on picking a good route, then I turned around to head home and realised the wind had only been chasing me.

Outbound: "No wind, not a bad day." Inbound: "How will I ever get home against this wall of wind?" Which I translated to: we don’t credit all the things weighing in our favour, however we are quick to notice when things go against us. And then whine and feel sorry for ourselves.

Which is a different take on yesterday’s sense that, all else equal, we oscillate between the glass half full and half empty. Introduce some friction, and the glass rapidly empties. Introduce a tailwind, and you don’t necessarily fill the glass. All the more reason to be like Sendak and make the effort to see the wonder around us.
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