The Universe is Cheering Me On!!

The other day I had something really nice happen to me, and Adam said that it was the universe cheering me on toward my goal.  I seriously believe in that kind of thing, but today something happened that totally confirmed it.

I went for my usual 12-mile walk at the greenway, and was struggling to add some running into the mix.  I was about 2 miles from the end of the course when I started mentally beating myself up.  I said to myself, "Why can't I motivate myself to run?  If Adam were here, he would be able to push me to do it--why can't I do that myself?  I really need to get inspired to run again."

Just when I was certain that I would walk the rest of the course, a total stranger walked up to me and said, "Are you up for a little running?  You DO run, don't you?"  I told her that I DO run, but that I've been recovering from a knee injury and have been trying to add running back into my program.  So... we started running and chatting as we did.  Turns out, she was visiting from out of town and was out getting her run in as she is training for a marathon in a couple of weeks.  We ran the last 1-1/2 miles together and then walked it out a little to cool down.  Even though I'm sure she was going slow for me it was all I could do to keep up with her pace, but it felt SO good to push myself. 

I'm not sure if this lady (her name is Tara) was an angel of fitness, one of Adam's secret spies, or a total figment of my imagination, but she appeared out of nowhere just when I needed her!

Adam is right--the universe IS cheering me on!  Now I just need to answer that call and keep pressing forward!