This week's Music Monday is "Fully Alive" by Flyleaf.
I chose this song because it is a song that is about knowing someone that is in pain and has not much of a reason to feel alive. And yet they do.
I signed up for the St. Jude Marathon because I wanted to erase the bad taste of my first marathon. I really didn't enjoy my first one because I took it too seriously and really didn't think about what I should have been running it for. The children of St. Jude. This song really became my rally song for the last few weeks leading up to St. Jude.
Every email I received for the race had smiling children. Every piece of mail I received had smiling children. Every time I looked at anything that has to do with St. Jude there was always a smiling child.
And here I am upset because I can't train for the race the way I want.
This song really hit me when I was on a run one day and these words really resonated within me:
It was at that point that I decided to run it for the right reason. I was still really nervous because I didn't feel like I was ready to run that distance. But I decided that I was running for something bigger than me and I only needed to remember that reason.
During the race I met an extraordinary young lady. She was wearing a Heroes shirt just like me. The only difference was that she actually is a hero.
Her name is Kristin. Her birthday was Saturday, the day of the race. She is from Virginia so I asked how she ended up running this race. Her nephew has cancer and she wanted to do something to raise money and awareness for children that have been affected by cancer. She found the St. Jude Marathon and decided to run for him. She had run a marathon before so it was something that she really wanted to do.
We ran together for about a little less than a mile. We got separated for a few miles but she passed me just after the 25 mile mark. She said "come on you can do it!" So I ran with her for a little while but I was just cramping too much. She met me at the finish line and we congratulated each other.
So this song is for those heroes like Kristin and the children of St. Jude who keep smiling through everything that they are faced with with.
Enjoy!
I chose this song because it is a song that is about knowing someone that is in pain and has not much of a reason to feel alive. And yet they do.
I signed up for the St. Jude Marathon because I wanted to erase the bad taste of my first marathon. I really didn't enjoy my first one because I took it too seriously and really didn't think about what I should have been running it for. The children of St. Jude. This song really became my rally song for the last few weeks leading up to St. Jude.
Every email I received for the race had smiling children. Every piece of mail I received had smiling children. Every time I looked at anything that has to do with St. Jude there was always a smiling child.
And here I am upset because I can't train for the race the way I want.
This song really hit me when I was on a run one day and these words really resonated within me:
All my complaints shrink to nothing
I'm ashamed of all my somethings
She's glad for one day of comfort
Only because she has suffered
Fully alive
More than most
Ready to smile and love life
Fully alive and she knows
How to believe in futures
It was at that point that I decided to run it for the right reason. I was still really nervous because I didn't feel like I was ready to run that distance. But I decided that I was running for something bigger than me and I only needed to remember that reason.
During the race I met an extraordinary young lady. She was wearing a Heroes shirt just like me. The only difference was that she actually is a hero.
Her name is Kristin. Her birthday was Saturday, the day of the race. She is from Virginia so I asked how she ended up running this race. Her nephew has cancer and she wanted to do something to raise money and awareness for children that have been affected by cancer. She found the St. Jude Marathon and decided to run for him. She had run a marathon before so it was something that she really wanted to do.
We ran together for about a little less than a mile. We got separated for a few miles but she passed me just after the 25 mile mark. She said "come on you can do it!" So I ran with her for a little while but I was just cramping too much. She met me at the finish line and we congratulated each other.
So this song is for those heroes like Kristin and the children of St. Jude who keep smiling through everything that they are faced with with.
Enjoy!
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