February 2011
7 posts
January 2011
12 posts
Sunshine.
I was huffing and puffing my way through the end of today’s 8-mile run (the longest I’ve gone in a looonnng time) & was counting down the minutes until it was over. And then this older gentleman stopped me, smiled wide, and said - “Keep going, sunshine!”
I smiled - and ran - the rest of the way home.
2011. Best. Year. Ever.
Valerie and I have been joking about this since New Years Day. The words “best day ever,” have popped up at least 100 times. But then I started thinking about it - and it’s pretty true.
On January 1, my friends & I did a questionnaire with “serious” questions like our resolutions, paired with silly questions like “Which three celebrities will die during...
“The next time there’s no ground to stand on, don’t consider it an...”
– From a beautiful book I’ve been reading on meditation.
“An adventure is only an inconvenience rightly considered. An inconvenience is...”
– G. K. Chesterton (via marieelizabetholiver)
Werd.: Advice for my children.. (work in progress) →
bethalumps:
Have cute pets.
Choose your friends wisely.
Smile even when you’re having a bad day.
Be twice as thankful as you think you should be.
Always say thank you.
Never say goodbye unless you mean it. Goodbye is forever.
Brush your teeth often.
Treat your family like royalty—they…
“Be patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart and try to love the...”
– Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet
Thank you, David.