“’No two persons ever read the same book or saw the same picture.’ -The writings of Madame Swetchine”

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 1.6 mi, pm tm jog 3.6 mi. followed by 1.1 mi cooldown walk)

Nothing is more terrible than to see ignorance in action. ---Goethe

 (daily ex., pm tm jog 2.1 miles)

“The best way to keep a prisoner from escaping is to make sure he never knows he’s in prison.” ― Fyodor Dostoyevsky

 Back home again.  Minimal running while gone.  

Today's ex. update, p.m. tm jog 4.2 miles. 

“I do not know what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.” – Isaac Newton

 (daily ex. update, early morning dog walk 0.5 miles, am tm run 3.1 miles.)

Have a wonderful holiday!

“We are here and it is now. Further than that, all human knowledge is moonshine.” ― H.L. Mencken

 (daily ex., morning stroll with dog 1.1 mile, pm slow jog 2 miles)

 What makes you think human beings are sentient and aware? There's no evidence for it. Human beings never think for themselves, they find it too uncomfortable. For the most part, members of our species simply repeat what they are told-and become upset if they are exposed to any different view. The characteristic human trait is not awareness but conformity, and the characteristic result is religious warfare. Other animals fight for territory or food; but, uniquely in the animal kingdom, human beings fight for their 'beliefs.' The reason is that beliefs guide behavior which has evolutionary importance among human beings. But at a time when our behavior may well lead us to extinction, I see no reason to assume we have any awareness at all. We are stubborn, self-destructive conformists. Any other view of our species is just a self-congratulatory delusion. Next question. ~Michael Crichton

(daily ex. update, morning dog walk 1.2 miles, pm streaksaver jog 1 mi,, tired today)

“I raise up my voice—not so that I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard…We cannot all succeed when half of us are held back.” – Malala Yousafzai

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 4 miles, pm jog tm 5.2 miles)

“I hope your rambles have been sweet, and your reveries spacious” ― Emily Dickinson

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2 miles, pm streak saver jog 1.2 miles)

“I do not feel obliged to believe that the same God who has endowed us with sense, reason, and intellect has intended us to forgo their use.” – Galileo Galilei

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 3 miles, pm tm 3.5 miles run)

Live so that if your life were turned into a book, Florida would ban it.

 (daily ex. update, morning walk 3.5 miles, pm tm run 3.6 miles)

Don't worry about the world coming to an end today. It's already tomorrow in Australia.

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 1.6 miles, pm tm walk 2 miles, afternoon tm jog 3.6 miles)

Never let anyone

ruin your day.

It's your day.

Ruin it yourself.

(daily ex. update, pm 2 mi streak saver jog.  spent the day waiting for a Centurylink phone line repairman, who never showed. frustration)

 

“Vulnerability is our most accurate measurement of courage.” ― Brené Brown

 “Vulnerability is not winning or losing; it's having the courage to show up and be seen when we have no control over the outcome. Vulnerability is not weakness; it's our greatest measure of courage.”

(daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2.5 miles, pm streaksaver jog 1.1 mile)

“The greatest way to live with honor in this world is to be what we pretend to be.” – Socrates

Or better yet:

“Be the person your dog thinks you are!”

― J.W. Stephens

(daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2 mi., pm tm 3.5 miles run)

No, I would not want to live in a world without dragons, as I would not want to live in a world without magic, for that is a world without mystery, and that is a world without faith. R.A. Salvatore

 And if I came to your door late at night, 

with the promise of racing dragons in 

the moonlight, would you laugh and call

me insane? Or would you take my hand 

and follow me to wonderland?

          J. Nodarse

(daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2. miles, pm tm 5.2 miles)

For now we’re her roses. Her legacy of light and care. The whole world will marvel and know that she was there. -Liz Newman

 (daily ex., morning dog walk 1.6 miles, pm tm jog 2.1 mile)

Not a single person asked me if I could run fast in my new shoes. Being an adult is stupid.

Shoe shopping this morning.

(daily ex. update, morning walk 3.5 miles, pm tm jog 3.5 miles) 

“A body of men holding themselves accountable to nobody ought not to be trusted by anybody.” ― Thomas Paine

 (daily ex. update, rest day, slow pm jog 3.5 miles)

The easiest way to avoid wrong notes is to never open your mouth and sing. What a mistake that would be. Pete Seeger

 (another rainy day but no tornadoes or hail this time, morning dog walk 0.5 miles, pm jog 3.5 miles)

Franz Kafka once said, “I was ashamed of myself when I realized that life was a costume party, and I attended with my real face,”

 (a stormy day, morning dog walk 1.2 miles, pm jog 2 miles)

"It is not enough to stare up the steps, we must step up the stairs." Vaclev Havel

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 4.8 miles, pm jog 1.5 miles)

“The past is never dead. It's not even past.” ― William Faulkner

 The above quote introduced Prince Harry's book "Spare. Very appropriate.

(daily ex.update, morning dog walk 4 miles, pm jog 3.5 miles)

Absolutely best quote of the year:

 Training for my summer body?  Fuck no! I'm training for my old lady body.  Dense bones.  Strong muscles. A healthy heart.  Good balance.  Functional independence.

(daily ex. update, morning dog walk 3.2 miles, pm jog 6 miles)

“Healing is not a science, but the intuitive art of wooing nature.” ― W.H. Auden

 (daily ex. update, morning walk 3.5 miles, beautiful morning, no jacket required.  pm jog 1.1 mile streaksaver)

“Reading is to the mind, what exercise is to the body. As by the one, health is preserved, strengthened, and invigorated: by the other, virtue (which is the health of the mind) is kept alive, cherished, and confirmed.” ― Joseph Addison

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2.7 miles, pm streaksaver run 1.5 miles)

“Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.” ― Vincent van Gogh

 (daily ex., morning dog walk 1.6 miles, pm jog 3.5 miles)

“For every moment of triumph, for every instance of beauty, many souls must be trampled.” ― Hunter S. Thompson

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 4.2 miles, pm tm jog 5 miles while watching good movie....."She Said"....highly recommend.)

“The person attempting to travel two roads at once will get nowhere.” —Xun Zi (a.k.a. Xun Kuang), Confucian philosopher, on the importance of focus

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 3.5 miles, pm tm jog 3.1 miles)

“Hell is empty and all the devils are here.” — William Shakespeare

 (daily ex. update, yesterday 1.1 mile dog walk, 1 streaksaver mile jogged.  today 3.5 mile dog walk, 5.1 mile pm jog)