Start with Why.
It’s a brilliant book by Simon Sinek. But it’s not easy to find Why behind everything that we do in life.
I came to Bangalore in 2012. The weather of Bangalore is a pride for every Bangalorian. Hence catching early morning sleep was the best thing to do to make optimum use of what the city had to offer.
Back in 2013, a friend asked me to start running. Those days I used to wake up by 9 am. Exercise didn’t exist in my dictionary back then.
“Why should I run?” I told my friend when he suggested that I start running.
“You will experience Runner’s High.” He replied.
I started with 100 metres and gradually moved to 400 metres, 1 KM and 2 KM. It took me almost 6 months to run 2 KM without huffing and puffing. But there was no sign of Runners High.
“Hey, where is that Runner’s High? It has been 6 months and still I didn’t get it.” I asked my friend.
He suggested that I run for a bit longer.
All this didn’t make any sense to me. But I had started to enjoy running a bit more. I complained less and made peace with whatever I learnt on the way.
It has been 10 years since I started running. This beautiful sport has given me things which I had never imagined in my wildest dreams.
From a complete non-runner to completing 50 KM Ultra Marathon;
Being someone who didn’t have any interest in reading to writing a book on Running;
Coming from a non-english medium education to writing a 312 page book in English;
And the biggest transformation from being an introvert to meeting new people every week and writing about their lives.
It has been a wonderful journey so far. Every week when I meet new people, I witness a completely new world and a whole new perspective to lead life.
Many times we may not be clear why we should do something.
We may have no clue what the future beholds for us.
We may not know when we will achieve success.
You may not have all the answers to your questions.
During such times, have patience, don’t give up and keep moving.
Leaving you with a quote from Legendary Entrepreneur Steve Jobs.
“You can’t connect the dots looking forward; you can only connect them looking backwards. So you have to trust that the dots will somehow connect in your future. You have to trust in something—your gut, destiny, life, karma, whatever. This approach has never let me down, and it has made all the difference in my life.”