人はとことんやるのを嫌う。だから、望む人生が送れないんだ。
じつはいままで、10km程度走るだけで必ず左足の膝が痛くなっていました。
それがいつの間にか、ふと気づいたんです。
なんだかんだ5年間、パパ友と週に1回だけ朝に8kmから9km走り続けていたら、気がつけば「10km走っても足が痛くならなくなった」んです。
やはり、百里の道も一歩から。どんな大きな目標でも、小さな一歩を走らないことにははじまらない。
力っていうのは「続ける力」からしか身につかないんですね。
途中をすっ飛ばして、大きなことを考えがちですが、これからも、ちょっとずつ、小さな一歩を踏み出して、自分の所在を確かめていこうと思います。
ふと、映画か何かできいたセリフを思い出しました。
「人はとことんやるのを嫌う。だから、望む人生が送れないんだ。」
そうなんです。とことんやるって難しい。だけど、続ける力を伸ばしていけば、自然と次のステップに進める。
また来週も、自然に「続ける力」が伸びるのを楽しみに。
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Until recently, every time I ran about 10 kilometers, my left knee would inevitably start to hurt.
But one day, I realized something had changed.
For the past five years, I’ve been running 8 to 9 kilometers every week with some dad friends early in the morning. Without even noticing, I’ve reached a point where running 10 kilometers no longer hurts my knee.
It’s true what they say: “A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” No matter how big the goal may seem, it all starts with taking that first small step. Strength, after all, comes from consistency.
It’s easy to get caught up in dreaming about big leaps and skipping the process. But I’ve decided to keep taking those small, steady steps and to use them to reaffirm where I stand.
I suddenly remembered a line I heard in a movie or something.
“People hate pushing themselves to the limit. That’s why they can’t live the life they truly want.”
The truth is, most people avoid pushing themselves to their limits. And because of that, they often miss out on living the life they truly want.
It’s hard to push yourself to the edge. But if you nurture your ability to keep going, you’ll naturally find yourself moving forward to the next step.
Next week, I’ll keep running and let my “power to keep going” grow naturally.
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