We are all inhabitants of beautiful planet Earth yet we also live in many worlds.

We live in “work world” where people know a facet of our personality. Perhaps, this facet is Responsible Person, or Creative One or Mr./Ms. Reliable.

We also live in “home world” where our spouses often know us more thoroughly than we know ourselves. They know our greatest joys and deepest fears. The whole picture is exposed to them alone.

We also live in one of our favorite worlds - “athlete world.” Here we gather with others of our kind and share our stories, our dreams or even to just lick our wounds. We use words like “only” or “just” in front of phrases such as “14 miles to run today. . . “ and consider this normal. Par for the course.

It is only when worlds blend temporary that we realize that what we do is rather odd. And special. Mention the aforementioned words and phrase in a complete sentence to people in “work world” and watch the reaction. “You ran WHAT?! NO WAY! Are you crazy?! I could never. . . . “ Something to this effect.

Maybe they are right. Being inhabitants of “athlete world” has skewed our views. What is seen as impressive or special, is now viewed as commonplace. Perhaps we can take a minute or 2 and breath. Breath and take time to remind ourselves what we do is out of the norm and not many are willing to go there. To appreciate the opportunities we have created and the various skills that we have dug inside to find and use. Even if this is just for a minute. We will get back on the road soon enough. . . .