The Heart of a Champion

She refused to give up on herself.
Not today, not tomorrow, not ever. 
Maybe that’s why she became a runner,
Or maybe it was because she simply wanted a chance at more life.
Either way, she found herself facing trial after trial.. mile after mile.. 
And she refused to give in. 
Nobody understood her. 
But if you had a fire burning in your bones as deep as she did
Then maybe you would understand that nothing, nobody, no one, could ever extinguish that flame. 
The only thing that stood between her and success were the barriers she built around herself.
The limits she placed on her legs,
The restrictions on her heart.
But one day, she grew tired.
Tired of holding back.
Tired of being average. 
Tired of being tired. 
So she stood up, 
She stood up before she could fall down. 
She took the blame for her own failures, 
Her own setbacks, her own demons. 
Because she knew if she didn’t, 
She was only lying to herself. 
And finally, after so much pain,
She grew. 
Running was her religion.
The faith was in herself. 
She never gave up.

- Anonymous