A review by ebonsignori
What I Talk About When I Talk About Running by Haruki Murakami
4.0
“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.”
“The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky as always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky. The sky both exists and doesn’t exist. It has substance and at the same time doesn’t. And we merely accept that vast expanse and drink it in.”
And he mentions somewhere about not running to live longer, but to get the most out of life.
Incredibly relatable and satisfying read with a lot of parallels between running and mindfulness
“The thoughts that occur to me while I’m running are like clouds in the sky. Clouds of all different sizes. They come and they go, while the sky remains the same sky as always. The clouds are mere guests in the sky that pass away and vanish, leaving behind the sky. The sky both exists and doesn’t exist. It has substance and at the same time doesn’t. And we merely accept that vast expanse and drink it in.”
And he mentions somewhere about not running to live longer, but to get the most out of life.
Incredibly relatable and satisfying read with a lot of parallels between running and mindfulness