More Than Words.

I want to run until my legs burn and bleed and I want to keep running. I want to do triathlons and pentathlons. I want to learn tap and ballet and swing. I want to build houses and bridges. I want to hike the Appalachian Trail and the Pacific Crest Trail and bike across the country. I don't ever want to forget the way physicality makes me feel, which is useful. Long ago I was reading a list of reasons organized sports were good for children and one of them was "boosts self-confidence." I didn't see how that made sense, as I had always been good at school and now I was the worst at running, clearly that was bad for my confidence. But even then I could feel myself slipping inexorably upward, because my body was doing things I didn't think it could. It makes me proud, that this youth is worth something and I'm not wasting it, not entirely, on television and Halloween candy.