Dirt Inspires

I often notice and enjoy the pleasure in contrasts that dirt inspires. Coming home from an extended, dusty, sweaty day on the trails adds exponentially more pleasure to my shower, than the gratuitous morning wake up cleaning ritual. Getting down and dirty, makes getting clean stand out like a warm hug from an old friend, the smell of baking bread, or that yummy feeling we get in our tummy when we give a genuinely appreciated gift to a loved one. Earn your dirt caked body, and a coveted reward can be as simple as hot water pouring over your skin. Ahhh….

And if we decide to partake in getting really, really, low and dirty the contrast to being comfortable can hit us in the face as sharply as when we hear our current President say something like, “We need an energy bill that encourages consumption.” Slap.

Crawling through the jungles of Borneo while being forced to drink from visually unappealing water sources or, walking for days on end with trench foot and blisters can make sitting in a warm, inviting coffee shop while sipping a latte a very moving experience. We remember back to our dirty, physical demise and the latte goes down that much finer.

Throw it down regularly and the simple pleasures of life become awe inspiring experiences. We may even find ourselves complaining less about inconsequential life stuff like that extra 5 pounds we carry on our ass, a broken fingernail an hour before a date, or, getting cut off on the freeway. Regular dirty escapades seem to take the negative twang out of our usual daily angst. Get dirty and see your attitude change. I dare you to give it a shot.


Welcome to Dirty Inspirations where I’ll be regularly sharing my adventures, training secrets, philosophies, race ramblings and ever more dirty inspirations and their contrasts. I hope you’ll join me for some dirty pursuits.

Let’s get inspired together.
Terri

Upcoming adventures include climbing Mt. Elbrus in Russia and running the 100 mile Tour Du Mont Blanc in Chamonix, France. Stay tuned….