Lysha Doss

I am very different than I was a year ago, even six months ago. I no longer feel like I’m hauling weight—instead, I’m pushing forward into the future with my whole heart. I feel incredible power. I am learning to trust myself, to trust my own body.

I NEVER saw myself as a runner, and I still don’t. However, I remember one morning we were doing sprints and something broke loose in me. Something changed in my perspective. I no longer felt like I was hauling a weight—now I was pushing forward into the future with my whole heart. I felt this incredible power.

I think I really feared doing physical things that I could either fail at or I could get hurt. But, I have learned that I am so strong, and not just mentally or emotionally. I am physically strong. I can do really hard things. I have learned to pick up things that I may drop and that’s ok. I have learned to do things that are hard enough that I may fail. I have learned to push up against my own capacity and that requires taking risks. And most of all, I am learning to trust myself, to trust my own body.