Camp Biche

There's a big, big, big connection between your ability to push your body's endurance limits through physical exertion and your mind's ability to cope positively with stress.

This is one of the primary reasons that regular exercise is life-enhancing.

Friday, I was frantic for a solution to a dilemma I had been handed that day.  I contacted two people who I thought could help me out; but one had job conflicts and the other was ill.  All my options seemed to be exhausted.  I was feeling anxious and with no solution in sight, I went for a 10km run to diffuse the frustration I was feeling.

While running with Albert at my side, the HUGE problem started to shrink.  I smiled realizing that no matter what fiasco I was about to face, it wasn't the end of the world as I knew it.  I suppose I could have convinced myself of this same conclusion if I had just sat around and stewed over the issue.  However, the burden quickly lifted when the pent-up frustration was expended as energy during the run.

When I returned to the car, there was a message on my phone that my last hope for a solution was not able to help me out. Upon hearing his response, I smiled, because now I was free to pursue a new solution that had come to me while running . . . a solution that seemed far superior to the others. 

And it was.

Exercise doesn't solve everything, but it does solve or ameliorate most things.