What if you’re not stuck—but running with too much weight? Using a personal story about running, this reflection explores how emotional survival tools can quietly become burdens over time. Rooted in Hebrews 12:1, it invites readers to consider what once protected them but now slows them down—and how releasing it may be the key to moving forward with freedom and peace.

To experience new things, the old must be released—both the painful and the celebrated. This reflection explores why living in past stories, even good ones, quietly anchors us to what was instead of what God is doing now. Drawing from Isaiah 43, it invites readers to examine the narratives they’ve carried, recognize how stories shape the mind, and step forward unencumbered into the new things God has promised.