I went for a run, and I ran about 7 miles on a beautiful forest track.

Did I run for good health? No.

Did I run for weight loss? No.

For what did I run then? For nothing, for no good reason!

My only reason for running was enjoying of the running itself.

I like to run on a forest track. There are sounds and smells in the forest. And I move, and I enjoy the movement. I love feeling of my body moving. I love to feel my feet pushing of the ground at every step.

I run only to enjoy the process. While I run, I vary the style in different ways.

Sometimes I try to reach high up with my knees. Then I throw up my heals behind me. Then I stretch my step very long. Then again I do very short and very quick steps. Then I add force to each step by doing powerful pushes off the ground, and I do many other things what my imagination suggests.

I stop now and then, and do push-ups, squat or stretch, and enjoy myself moving.

Sweat, it runs down my forhead, and it runs to my eyes so that I need to wipe it. It also runs down my back.

But I am so happy that it runs like this. Because all my stress, all my depression, all my embarrassement and other bad things leave my body together with sweat.

When I come home, I take shower. Sometimes very cold, sometimes warm – according to how I feel.

Then I may take a glass of wine or tea or milk or coffee.

I feel like in heaven! So wonderful is life! I am immensely grateful for the possibility to live in this World, which in itself is something remarkable!

But, not chasing good health, do I not have it? Yes, I do. My health is very good. I am 53, but I can run up stairs faster and longer than many 16 or 17 years olds.

My health improved a lot when I stopped whining and started enjoying life. I find joy in many things, sometimes in very ordinary small things like a leaf from a tree, a butterfly, an ant hill, a wild flower, and many many others.

I feel in my body how that joy is healing!

But again I am not seeking that joy. It comes to me when I just pay attention to beautiful things. The joy comes even without asking. With that joy, I feel my life is worth living.

I am so grateful that I have Life!