Life's Hurdles

Track and Field seems to pretty much take up most of my time, and today I tried Hurdles for the first time. I discovered a few things, but the most prominent was that it is not as easy as it looks. But it made me realize, life is like a 400 meter Hurdles race. You start of uneven, unbalanced, until you can get the feel for it and adapt to the race. Then you start jumping too high, over achieving, you feel like your doing so good so you start doing TOO good. Eventually, you learn your height and balance it out. You have controlled aggression, you're attacking the hurdle full on. You are under control, doing great. But by now, you are up to the 200 mark. Half way, holding up well, but t your back leg starts to falter. Your tired, and you are drawing it straight under you instead of brining it to the side. This is the middle of life, its been going good but its coming crashing down. You feel like you cant go any further, you've given the crowd (your friends and family) a good start, and a great first half, but you just don't want to do it anymore. You start to give up. You're ready for it to be over, so you stop. Start kicking down the hurdles, because going over them just doesn't seem like an option anymore.

But there are only 100 meters left, the last stretch. Encouragement from others fills your ears. And you realize, this is it. This stretch is all I've got. Adrenaline over takes you. Your feet just start going, and going, and going. Your hurdling over all of them likes theres no tomorrow. Your whole body is in synch. It. Couldn't. Feel. More. Right. Your arms are swinging, you're only inches about the hurdle, each part working together. Its over, you made it! It's done. Your adrenaline is over, your body is drained, and you await recovery. But you still have this moment to hold onto.

Admist all of this, there is always the biggest factor of Hurdles. The Fear. It comes and goes. Sometimes we think we master it, but later on the fear will return. We try to fight it, and sometimes can't take it. Even when we think its gone, the fear is still lingering, and always will. We may think we've overcome it, but just like life, there is always going to be fear of something. The fear will change from one aspect to another. But. It's. Always. There. Even if we don't realize it.