#9 WHAT YOU’RE WAITING FOR
Mia never slowed down. She ran as if it would be a case of emergency, like she would be on the run. She enjoyed feeling the wind in her face and the fresh forest air in her lungs.
She loved running. She tried leaving the city behind at least twice a week and to run through the woods. In Warsaw, it was quite hard to find a park that wasn't crowded with people. People were everywhere and Mia needed to be alone. Running doesn't help when you see happy families everywhere. It wasn't helpful trying to avoid happy people on the streets, but in the woods, it was different. There she could run as far as she wanted and most of the time she didn't meet anyone on her way.
There was no better way for her to channel her thoughts or just not to think as during a long run. Mia didn't get tired quickly and she was pretty fast, at least she thought she was. When she was running, she enjoyed the moment, the silence and the nature. She loved rainy days with their raindrops falling unwillingly onto the grounds. She loved sunny days with sun rays giving her more energy and happiness. She sometimes went running in the evenings, when she could already see the stars in the sky and she just smiled back to these shiny dots above her. It was helping her to get over her past and to collect hopes for the future. It was the only time when she totally turned off herself. At least she had this impression.
She was running, she was moving forward and there was no way back, there was just the way ahead. Running was always relaxing. Running was her therapy.
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