Everything Under the Sun

 I recently reconnected with a friend from college that I haven't spoken to in over a year. She asked me what new hobbies or skills I'd taken on during the Covid Pandemic and subsequent lockdown. As a sidebar, what a great question. Flattering as well, as she would consider me to be someone looking for self improvement and new skills. I informed her that I'd become a runner, doing hundreds of miles in the last 6 months. I told her that I'd found great relief and relaxation from it - really the progress of it. Growing up I'd always liked the start of things and the process of seeing results - watching something grow and develop at my will and by my own effort. Running is that same manifestation for me.  When I run I meditate. It's as if I'm in a room, and the lights are off, and my eyes are closed. The projections of the road and my surroundings flash on the wall in front of me but my eyes are closed so all I can feel is that things are changing, I'm devo...