hill running.

this week.
i'm hanging with three 
of my very favorite
young man 
souls.


this morning,
when two of those
young man souls and myself
were out for a blustery
morning stroll,
we did a lot of running.

these boys like the run.
just about everywhere.


even up hills.
(it's truly inspiring).


there was a particular hill
that dropped nearly
straight down


and one little man
insisted on running
up & down it
...6 times.


after having run up it once myself,
i stood at the top
shouting down my encouragement:


"you can do it! 
yeah!! 
alright! 
almost there!"


this little runner man,
i started to notice,
would deliberately stop
multiple times
in the middle of his climb.


he would look straight at me
just waiting--
to hear me call his name
with encouragement.


when i asked him why
he stopped half way up the hill
he responded with a shrug,
"just like to hear
ya call my name."


it's good to be known.

and it's so very good 
to be seen.


isn't it?


- n.