Wednesday, October 1, 2008

An Absurd Pastime

Running. All my friends think I am crazy for running, but running is how I get away. If something is bugging me, I slip on me Nikes and go run. It doesn't matter how far or how fast or even where I run. When I run, I step out of my routine life. Running gives me a place to think about things. During a run, no one can bug me. Even in the city with all these people, I feel totally alone on my runs. Running allows me to escape. My room is also a place that I consider private. In my room I can do whatever I want. I can shut the door and become detached from others.

Things change when others enter my room or go for a run with me. They get to see a different part of me. That sounds like I have slip personalities which I don't. I just act like everyone else does in there comfort zone. Only a few people get to see the private self. My running buddies see the runner part of me, but my cousin Josh, who is like a brother, and my best friends Zack and Tucc probably know the private me the best. This is just because they stopped judging me a long time ago. I hate to say it, but everyone judges people they do not truly know.

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