“What if I got a crown for doing nothing but being who I am,”
― Little Weirds
― Little Weirds
“Every problem was at one point a solution”
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
― The Defining Decade: Why Your Twenties Matter—And How to Make the Most of Them Now
“Some patients I could help with drugs, and some with the magic of attention and interest.”
― Migraine
― Migraine
“What we discipline is not our "badness" or our "wrongness." What we discipline is any form of potential escape from reality. In other words, discipline allows us to be right here and connect with the richness of the moment. At the outer level, we could think of discipline as a structure, like a 30 minute meditation. Within this structure, we proceed with compassion. So on the inner level, the discipline is to return to gentleness, to honesty, to letting go.”
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
― When Things Fall Apart: Heart Advice for Difficult Times
“What was a 4-mile tempo run or an 8k race after the suffer-fest of 26.2?”
― Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
― Let Your Mind Run: A Memoir of Thinking My Way to Victory
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