Sunday, August 30, 2009

Reincarnate now.

There are two types of running, as far as I'm concerned.

The first type is a form of escapism. You go out there and run as if the hounds of hell were after you. You don't stop until you're exhausted or something gives way, or sometimes both. That was what I used to do, I ran to forget and I ran to see when I'd break.

Lately, I've felt a change come over me. I'm starting to veer towards my second type of running. All you gotta do is set a target, then you chase it. Once you get it, you set a faster pace, longer distance and maybe more torturous route. Its all about looking forward. Its all about trying to break yourself in different ways each time, so that you come out of it a new man again.

I like this style more now. You gotta imagine someone you don't like, imagine he's running faster than you and you gotta beat him. You gotta outrun him, go faster than him and eventually, go faster than yourself.

I guess Newton's law has a part to play in my new philosophy to life now, ironically. F = MA. Achieve critical mass (be it physical or intellectual), keep accelerating, don't stop. Eventually, you'll be a force to be reckoned with.

Ang Heng

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