A parable — Marathon

A young runner sprinted from the first mile, and the crowd cheered him. By the tenth mile he walked. By the fifteenth he sat. An older runner passed him at a pace the crowd had laughed at, and finished while the young man was still seated by the road. Ask yourself: At what pace must you run to still be running at the end? FLOOR — protect the finish. The first mile's glory is a debt the last mile pays. (A Narrow Highway original teaching parable — not a parable of Jesus; a made story that carries a true edge.)