This one has been on my track list for a while and I absolutely LOVE it. On a tough run, it always seems to shift my focus somehow. I added it to the list back in the late summer of last year when we were making the transition from 10k to half marathon, meaning my track list suddenly needed to get a LOT longer. I'd heard of it first on the AMR podcasts and instantly identified with the message. Although I only recently openly posted about our situation, the more perceptive among our friends may have harboured suspicions due to the fact that within an hour of heading to the start line of our first half marathon last year I decided to 'give it a meaning' and raise a bit of sponsorship for the Rachel Foundation.
Although I hadn't specifically said why I had chosen the cause I had I felt like people would probably put 2 and 2 together, which was partly the reason it had taken me until we were about to head to the start line to commit to it. By the time we reached the start I was wondering if I was going to regret it, but around 90 minutes later as I climbed the final hills to the sound of Sara Bareilles suggesting it was time to be 'Brave', I felt strangely calm. I think this song will forever transport me back to that moment when I took the first step towards owning and accepting my situation and trying to let it have a meaning.
And since your history of silence
Won’t do you any good,
Did you think it would?
Let your words be anything but empty
Why don’t you tell them the truth?
Maybe there’s a way out of the cage where you live
Maybe one of these days you can let the light in
Show me how big your brave is
- Sara Barreilles. Brave
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