Bravey: Chasing Dreams, Befriending Pain, and Other Big Ideas

by Alexi Pappas

But with running, the biggest performance isn’t what the audience sees—it’s what goes on inside your own mind. It’s an inward performance: How much pain can I handle today?

If a bad thing happens, you can see it as a harbinger of more bad things to come or as an opportunity for growth. Both mindsets represent ways to survive in the world, but one makes you a victim while the other empowers you. It’s easier to be a victim; it takes bravery to claim your power.

you can be proud of yourself and want more out of yourself at the same time

I do not even have to give my own expectations the time of day. I am allowed to press Pause in the moment between expectation and outcome and allow myself to decide what an experience means to me.