A Run

Yesterday afternoon, I was finally done with my day and I actually had time to go for a run. It was so beautiful out. The day before had been chilly, but yesterday was just right. It was even sunny. I always get jealous of people that I see running on beautiful afternoons because I never get to do that due to classes, work and other obligations. I do my workouts at night as my last thing of the day and I go to the student rec  center for that. I had the time and I was going to take the opportunity!


I changed and walked to campus and just started running. I ran all around campus and up a street right across from it and stopped to talk to a couple friends I saw along the way. I had my iPod in and towards the end of my run, I listened to the Dog Days Are Over by Florence + The Machine. Such a wonderful song. I have been a fan of it for a while now, but it fit perfectly yesterday. I was outside and taking in the air and the nature. I had this feeling that maybe the dog days are really over. For about a half a year now, I have been fighting, growing, learning, and getting stronger. Negative things kept piling up on me and there were times I would break down and wonder how much I could take. But lately, things have been looking up and I have been presented with so many opportunities. I have had people tell me sweet things and come forward to me. I thought about all that as I ran and listened to this song. I was finally accepting it all and so proud to have made it through those "dog days" standing strong and tall.


I went and sat by the ledge of the fountain in front of campus and listened to Beautiful Things by Gungor. I just breathed, took in my surroundings, and listened. It was so beautiful and overwhelming I had a couple tears. I prayed a little and then finally made my way home.


It was such an amazing feeling and very refreshing.
Try to take a walk or run outside. Take a deep breath. Thursday night when I came out of the gym, I took a deep breath of fresh air and it felt so good and refreshing to my body. We don't realize how great air really can feel in our body if we just pay attention to it. Breathe.


Dog Days Are Over Lyrics
Happiness, hit her like a train on a track
Coming towards her, stuck still no turning back
She hid around corners and she hid under beds
She killed it with kisses and from it she fled
With every bubble she sank with a drink
And washed it away down the kitchen sink
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
The horses are coming
So you better run
Run fast for your mother run fast for your father
Run for your children for your sisters and brothers
Leave all your love and your longing behind you
Can't carry it with you if you want to survive
The dog days are over
The dog days are done
Can you hear the horses
'Cause here they come
And I never wanted anything from you
Except everything you had
And what was left after that too. oh.
Happiness hit her like a bullet in the back
Struck from a great height
By someone who should know better than that


Beautiful Things lyrics
All this pain
I wonder if I’ll ever find my way
I wonder if my life could really change at all
All this earth
Could all that is lost ever be found
Could a garden come up from this ground at all

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

All around
Hope is springing up from this old ground
Out of chaos life is being found in You

You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of the dust
You make beautiful things
You make beautiful things out of us

You make me new, You are making me new
You make me new, You are making me new
You are making me new


Sparkle & Shine,
Rachel