I think life is all about rhythm. Running, writing, great conversations, it all comes down to just hitting that rhythm, and letting it flow naturally. It's a stupid thing to try to write about, but it came to my mind today, when I tried to write a blog entry (because I now try to write at least a little something every day in order to stay in practice,) and everything I wrote came out in so way wrong. It was either imprecise, or covered in cliches, or somehow generic. What's odd is that I felt the same way yesterday on my run, when I couldn't get into a rhythm and no matter how fast or slow I went, it just felt out of focus. It's frustrating because there are times I can sit down in front of a keyboard and churn out something excellent, just like there are times I can step up to the line and bust out a run that destroys my previous conceptions of what I can do. But I have no ability to control how and when these things happen, I'm just on my game or I'm not.
What's frustrating is when you lose your rhythm, and are stuck churning out letters that don't turn into words, and words that don't turn into sentences, both literally and metaphorically. The key to succeeding therefore is finding and maintaining this "rhythm" for lack of a better word to call it. How this occurs is, of course, still beyond me
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