Category: emotional
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marathon
Off to a strong start. Taking it easy, but it wasn’t too hard to keep it under an 8 minute pace. Dreaming of a 3:25 finish, I was on my way. Completely unwinded, I just needed to maintain and I’d have a spectacular finish for my first ever marathon. All was well, and I was…
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everything and nothing
We are everything, and we are nothing. Incredible, really. This always struck me as inspiring, the idea that the entire universe was within us. And of course the humbling part of also being nothing, like the insignificant flesh and bones that we are, tiny in the grand scheme of the universe. But recently, something came…
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intentional mistakes
In life, we make mistakes. In terms of what we should have done, we might think, “Ah, I should have done this, to not make the mistake.” But actually what it is, is that we were supposed to make that mistake, and learn from it. Because when it really counts is the next time we…
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suffering
Many people go through life trying to live the best life they can, which often means reducing suffering and increasing pleasures. Given the choice, they will avoid the suffering and partake in the pleasures, reasoning that the pleasure might not be available later or that we may not live to see the pleasure if we…