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Today is Sunday, which means many different things to people.  It can mean a day to give thanks to God for their life and the many blessings in it, or to pray that things turn around when they aren't going well.  It can mean a day of football and cheering on your favorite team.  It can mean a day to be lazy, sleep in, nurse a hangover, have brunch with friends or family, have a big Sunday dinner, etc.  Whatever it may be, Sunday is just a good day.  Today, I felt kind of tired and had a big fat sinus headache when I woke up, but I decided that I needed to get out in nature and go for a run to get some positive energy flowing through my body.  Maybe it will help my sinuses, maybe it won't, but it definitely helps my head in some way or another!

Midway through my run, it started to rain.  As the warm drops fell onto my hair and skin, I couldn't help but smile.  For whatever reason, I just love running in the rain.  It makes me feel alive and gives me energy like I can do anything!  Coincidentally, I'm currently reading "The Art of Racing in the Rain," a story about a race car driver's trials and tribulations, told through the point of view of his pet dog, Enzo.  Not to go off on a tangent about this book, but I actually got the book simply because the title reminded me of myself and my love of running in the rain.  I have had some of my best runs in the rain.  Ironically, the race car driver in the novel has his best races on rainy days.  I knew I was drawn to the book for a reason.  

To get to the point though, I think that running in the rain helps me get back to nature.  I believe that the universe and everything in it is filled with energy, and that sometimes that energy gets drained living in a city, going to work, longing for things you might want or need in your life like companionship, friendship, stress relief, whatever it may be for each individual.  This energy gets blocked by all of the concrete and metal and sometimes running in grass with some rain falling on your face is the medicine we need to bring out the positive energy in ourselves so we can create in our lives the things for which we most wish.  The more positive energy and love we give, the more we get back.  

For me, that's a hard thing, because I'm always so afraid that the love I give won't be returned, so I often don't put enough out there.  Fear of failure is something we are not taught to break past.  Some just innately get it and push through, and others let it hold them back.  Fear didn't hold me back from jumping out of the first airplane I ever flew in to go skydiving.  Fear didn't hold me back from jumping off a cliff into the ocean even though I was terrified (although I do not recommend anyone do that bc I got pretty injured).  Yet for some reason, I've let fear of rejection hold me back in other aspects of my life.  The great thing about being human is, we are all flawed and while people can hurt you and take things away from you, no one can take away your ability to improve!!!!!  So today, my "Sunday sermon" is to find something in your life that you struggle with, and work on improving it.  You WILL improve if you work at it - there is no way you can't...and as you improve, you will see what you want in your life clearer and you will get closer to attaining what you strive for most.  I see it every day that I give more love in my life - the love just keeps returning and I open even more to not being afraid to receive it.  Like running in the rain, you can only get better.  

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