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“the words of writer Daphne Rose Kingma came to mind: “Surrender is a beautiful movement in which you gracefully, willingly, languidly fall, only to find midway that you have been gathered into some unimaginable embrace. Surrender is letting go, whether or not you believe the embrace will occur. It’s trust to the hundredth power—not sticking to your idea of the outcome, but letting go in the faith that even the absence of an outcome will be the perfect solution.”
― Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
― Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
“The prize never goes to the fastest guy,” Chris replied. “It goes to the guy who slows down the least.” True in endurance sports. And possibly even truer in life.”
― Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
― Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
“Because she understood what I was only then coming to realize—that safety isn’t just an illusion, it’s a cop-out. I know it sounds trite, but there’s simply nothing like a near-death experience to remind one of the impermanence of everything. And living imprisoned by fear only to die with regret over dreams postponed was a life neither of us was interested in.”
― Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
― Finding Ultra: Rejecting Middle Age, Becoming One of the World's Fittest Men, and Discovering Myself
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