Now and then someone will ask me if I pray while I run,
and I answer, "Sometimes." Really though, when I pray I prefer
to really focus on what I'm praying. When I run, I have found that trying
to focus on anything other than the running doesn't work. Not that I am
"focused" on every step I take, but, I get myself going, and while my
body is focused on the running I allow my mind to wander here and there,
free-association-style, bringing it back to the activity at hand when
needed. Sort of rambling through my "thinking" so my main
energy can go to what I am "doing."
Even so, it is not time wasted. For instance, as I ran this morning, here is where my mind rambled...
