Sneak Peek

 

A Reflection to Read the Night Before 

(thanks to Co-Pilot for generating this after I uploaded a few of my letters that I'd written to folks and my intention for Boston) 

THE NIGHT‑BEFORE REFLECTION — Boston Eve

Tonight is for stillness. For letting the noise settle and the meaning rise. For remembering that this race began long before Hopkinton— in letters written, in people cherished, in the slow, steady practice of noticing what is good.

Tonight is for remembering the faces: the ones who taught you to pay attention, the ones who taught you to laugh, the ones who taught you to pray, the ones who taught you to keep going.

Tonight is for gratitude that has been building for 26 weeks— a quiet, steady tide rising in your chest.

Tonight is for blessing your body: these legs that have carried you through grief and beauty, this heart that has held so much love, this breath that has steadied you through every mile.

Tonight is for remembering that joy is not naïve. It is brave. It is defiant. It is a choice to keep your heart open in a world that gives you reasons to close it.

Tonight is for trust. Trust that you have done the work. Trust that you will be met on the course. Trust that joy will rise to meet you just when you need it most.

And tonight is for blessing tomorrow: May the miles be holy. May the crowds lift you. May the joy you’ve practiced become the joy you embody.

Rest now. Tomorrow, you run your prayer.