Blog: Pebbles in My Mind
As I was halfway through my run this morning, I became aware of a sharp pain in the bottom of my right foot. I have felt this kind of thing before. It was a stone in my shoe.
With every step, this stone was making an impression upon the nerves in my heel. Those nerves were sending little messages to my brain. My brain was interpreting those messages and informing me that not only was there "something" in my shoe, but it was a sharp and painful "something."
In the past, I have stopped at this point and taken the time to remove my shoe and dump the "something" on the ground. But not today. No, today I was feeling stubborn. I continued to run because I didn't want to take the time to stop, untie my shoe, take it off, remove the stone, put my shoe back on, and then tie the laces again. I chose to ignore it and continue running.
But ignoring it didn't work ...
Read Dr. Del Tackett's blog, Truth Observed, to read the rest of Del's experience with a pebble and how it relates to our minds.
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