Chasing Dreams

   I have been running. I always run and it’s definitely a hard habit to break.  What is it that drives us to run when things go wrong? And how do people stop running?

   There are many things that I have been running from for a long time. Passed relationships, health problems, friendships, you name it. Fortunately, my legs haven’t tired from running yet and they’re still getting a good work out.

   If there’s any kind of advice I can give, it is to find another way to cope instead of running. I can’t even begin to explain how horrible I feel for running and how even more terrible I feel for not being able to stop. Running as fast as I have been running has enabled me from having any meaningful relationships and the ones that I thought were meaningful were built with people that tend to only stick around for a short time.

   Unfortunately, since I’ve been running FROM my life, I haven’t been running towards anything of importance. My dreams are watching from the sidelines as I pass them unnoticed. They don’t cheer, as I am the one who is supposed to be cheering for my dreams. I am too afraid to start chasing dreams for fear of failure and defeat, I’m afraid of rejection and being left. If I feel that way, how many people out there feel the same? The thought is overwhelming.