An everlasting love...

I miss you, I don't know why I'm writing you this letter because I know you'll never read it. But it's only been a few days without you, and I can't seem to stop thinking about you. Everywhere I go, I swear I see you. On the tv, billboards, even radio ads seem to speak your name.  In the morning I swear I can still smell your fragrance in the air and it floods my mind with thoughts of you with me at breakfast, and I wonder where you are.  I used to hear applause when you'd cook for me, but now the mornings are silent and don't seem to have that same sizzle they once did. At lunch, my sandwiches don't taste the same without you there. Even dinner has lost it's appeal. I used to love salads and burgers with you, but now my appetite suffers in your wake.  I'm wasting away without you! Some people said it was an unhealthy relationship, you and I, but to me it felt so right.  My friends would say my over indulgence in you was slowly killing me, that they couldn't even recognize me anymore. They said it could never work- a Canadian like you and a guy like me. They even called you thick cut and a fatback, but I don't care! I still love you all the same. I wait patently till the day you come back into my life. I must say truthfully, I love you bacon! Please come back... xoxoxo, Bacon Lover

Don't want to sound hypocritical but I may anyway...

So as I sit here in my recliner with no lights on in the house, the children (and wife now too) asleep, I'm left to ponder what to do at 10PM. The kids are a bit sick so they are sleeping lightly leaving me unable to do any work projects around the house, or watch TV. Doing any work related stuff is a no go at this late hour and any spiritual type reading would be difficult for me to truly focus on. My head is still working and since I was unable to run today my body is still awake but I'm at a loss for something to do. So why not blog about it right?! I mean we live in a world where we have instant access to virtually anything. Smart phones, computers, television, Facebook, Twitter; The Internet can allow us to share thoughts and ideas in the blink of an eye, yet most of the information we (as a society) put out there is utter crap. Now I said in the title of this post that I would sound like a hypocrite, but I'll try to save myself that label by saying this. Take heed to the information you digest as well as dispense. Roses in roses out, crap in crap out. Don't try to say something JUST to say something, have a reason and a purpose for what you share with this world. Not only will you find yourself being more aware of the world around you but you'll be more aware of "yourself"; and that can never be a bad thing!

The music/running phenomenon

I have a naive belief that everything happens for a reason. Now I won't go into the deep philosophical God/universe/meaning of life portion of my belief; no I'm going to keep this discussion strictly to the music and my running experiences. I have found that every time I go for a run, no mater the length or difficulty, the music selection always seems to fit perfectly. Sometimes it's a predesigned playlist, other times an album, and sometime just a random shuffle, but no matter the selection I find that it fits perfectly into the run I'm on. The ebb and flow of the music matches my physical rhythms and feeds my mental, emotional, and spiritual tones as well. My greatest enjoyment though is when the music pushes me to go harder better faster stronger; almost as if it's my unseen coach, knowing what I need and when I really need it. Now again I know that this is a naive thought, to think the music was meant to be played at that exact time just for that run, but a thought that serves to fuel my belief that there is something greater than us, a purpose for everything, a fate that is beyond our comprehension; like it's all supposed to happen for a reason. Now I'm not saying that the music/running sync proves anything to the aforesaid but I will say this; I love that my music and running are in stride together...

Upcoming nap!

I think naps are one of those truly precious things that we appreciate more as we get older and realize how awesome they really are! So with that said I am now going to go nap with my kids!