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Sent: Sunday, November 02, 2003 1:35 PM
Subject: water


>
> > > MountainWings       A MountainWings Moment
> > > #1194          Wings Over The Mountains of Life
> > > Runner's Water
> > > Drink Plenty of Water
> > > I've heard it.  I've read it.  As long as I have been running, it's
> > > always been the same message: "drink plenty of water."
> > >
> > > All along most racecourses are water stations, and most runners slow
> > > down to drink a cup of cool water.  Keeping your water level up is
> > > critical when you
> > > run.
> > >
> > > If you get slightly dehydrated, you will not run well. If you get
> > > moderately dehydrated, you will become disoriented. If you get
seriously
> > > dehydrated, you
> > > can die. It's serious business.
> > >
> > > The first year I ran I was inexperienced (also younger, slimmer,
> > > stupider, etc.)  I passed water stop after water stop, occasionally
> > > drinking a swallow
> > > or two.  I felt good, and I
> > > wasn't going to waste precious seconds drinking water, even though it
> > > was a hot, humid day.
> > >
> > > Big mistake.
> > >
> > > As I neared the final mile, I "hit the wall."  My energy level dropped
> > > to zero, I began having to walk some, and I realized I would have to
> > > work hard just
> > > to finish.  I did make it across the line, but only with a tremendous
> > > headache and hardly enough energy to walk.  It was not much fun.
> > >
> > > I learned an important lesson that year.  Stopping for water doesn't
> > > actually slow you down.  In fact, you will run a better race if you do
> > > drink water.
> > > The bottom line is that your body is simply not designed to function
> > > without water.
> > >
> > > In the same way, your spiritual stamina depends on stopping for
regular
> > > drinks of "spiritual water."  The dilemma for busy people is finding
> > > time to invest
> > > in reading the Word and spending time in prayer.  Like the runner
intent
> > > on reaching the finish line, we tend to put off those regular drinks
of
> > > water
> > > until we are totally parched.
> > >
> > > But in the long run, you will run a better race if you will stop for
> > > spiritual water.  In fact, finishing the spiritual race at all may
> > > depend on it.  Runners
> > > who don't ever slow down to take a drink often stumble off the course
> > > far short of the finish line.
> > >
> > > In this year's race, I saw a man become dehydrated just a mile from
the
> > > finish.
> > > Strangely, he didn't seem to recognize that anything was wrong.  He
was
> > > swaying from side to side as he walked, mumbling over and over, "I'm
> > > fine. I'm fine."
> > >  He was so
> > > disoriented that he didn't even recognize his own sick condition.
> > >
> > > If you let yourself become spiritually dehydrated, you may not even be
> > > able to recognize it.  Stop today to drink some cool "Living Water."
> > > For serious
> > > runners, it's a must.
> > >
> > > The Author is Unknown but the "Living Water" is known.
>
> > > "You want to get rich in order that you may surround yourself with
> > > beautiful things, see distant lands, feed your mind, and develop your
> > > intellect; in order that you may love others and do kind things, and
be
> > > able to play a good part in helping the world to find truth."
> > > ***
> > > *Wallace D. Wattles*
> > > ***
>
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