Ladies: Take a quick glimpse into the heart of a man.
My Sunday run is usually an easy-does-it "around the block" run. I was on this run yesterday, heading south down Rock Road to 21st Street, west to Woodlawn, back up north to 29th St., and home to 29th and Rock. All of a sudden, as I was running: there they were...
Three young, pretty ladies were walking in the opposite direction when I was heading south on Rock in the first mile of my run. I stopped my iPod long enough to run by, say hello, and head on my way (without breaking stride, of course).
Gentlemen, since we were all about 12 years old, we know this is true: there is something about the opposite sex that just drives us batty. Captivates us, if you will. It's a different manifestation for every man, but a very similar feeling. For those of us who have found "the one" (and gotten her to marry us), it manifests itself with one beautiful woman...the one who owns our earthly heart. For those of us single men, we're still enthralled with the ladies as a whole, admiring from afar what a wonderful job God's done with creating them.
Fast forward to mile 3.5 of my run. I'm heading down the home stretch, from Woodlawn back east to Rock Road when I hit "the wall." For one reason or the other, 3.5 miles is about as far as my body wanted to go on this particular day. My legs hurt, I was wheezing for air, and even considering slowing it down to a walk to finish my workout. I was done! And then...
...there they were. Again.
The same young, pretty ladies I'd seen before had been going in the opposite direction, but had followed the same path, walking around the block. Since I'd also gone around the block, I met them a second time.
The pain? The tiredness? The slowed pace? Gone. Suddenly, I was ready to remove my neatly pressed white dress shirt to reveal the bright red "S" emblem on my chest! Ready to leap tall buildings in a single bound! Ready to take off the horn-rim glasses and turn from Clark into Superman! (Can I get an amen, gentlemen?) I picked up my stride, put a smile on my face, and said, "Hello again, ladies!" as I passed them for a second time. This time, they were smiling too.
Lest this all sound inappropriate: understand what I'm trying to say here. There is something in the heart of a man that stirs when a woman is around. On this day, it was nothing more than three random ladies on my running path, but it really spoke to my heart, and made me say a quick thank you to the Lord for how WELL He has done with the ladies, and what a gift they are to us men.
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Sunday's workout: 4 mi. run
Monday weigh-in: 192 lbs. (-2)
Lowest weight: 190 lbs.
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Biggest Loser Scoreboard:
Jason: 6
Lindsay: 0
(2 weeks completed)
Lindsay and Mr. Elliptical just gotta get on the same page, that's all. Then she'll be making a game outta this!
You were right in your preview of today's post...I did like it! Women are pretty and men are visual for a reason...God knows His stuff! :)
Oh, and thanks for the lack of smack talk on this week's weigh-in. Did I get nicer treatment b/c I'm part of God's pretty handiwork? :)
Women are absolutely God's MOST BEAUTIFUL and BEST CREATION. Without a doubt.
Jason, I understand the Clark to Superman metamorphisis all to well while running. When women are around it's like they make us quit digging with a spoon into our will, determination, and manhood and hop into a Caterpillar back-hoe.
Not that it's always the best for us but women can make us do the most amazing and awful things without them ever knowing it at all. Not to say it's their fault, they just make us want to be bigger, better, stronger men. Which isn't bad, but we need to be bigger, better, and stronger men because we want to please God, not a woman.
In the words of Chris Brown, "I love womens!" He obviously isn't a good icon to look to for men, but I like the way he talks. Ok just kidding.
The same things applies to the touch of a woman. It causes something electric, making the man willing to do anything.
Go truly had a sense of humor when He made man and woman. They so drive each other batty!
This post made me smile :) Thanks for sharing!
Haha. I loved this post, Jason! Thanks for sharing a little bit of how the male mind works. :)