“We do not have to visit a madhouse to find disordered minds; our planet is the mental institution of the universe.” ― Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

 (daily ex, morning stretching, morning walk 3mi, pm streak saver slow jog 1 mi)

"I'd woken up early, and I took a long time getting ready to exist." -Fernando Pessoa

 (daily ex., morning walk 5.1 mi, a bit of stretching, pm streaksaver slow jog 1.1 mi)

“Never be limited by other people’s limited imaginations.” ― Dr. Mae Jemison

 (daily ex, morning yoga, morning walk 4.7 mi, afternoon 15 min step aerobics, pm tm jog 3.1 mi)

“We're terrible animals. I think that the Earth's immune system is trying to get rid of us, as well it should.” ― Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.

 (daily ex, morning yoga, walk 3.2 mi, pm jog 2.2 mi)

"It's a bit embarrassing to have been concerned with the human problem all one's life and find at the end that one has no more to offer by way of advice than 'Try to be a little kinder.'" ~Aldous Huxley

 (daily ex., morning stroll 3 mi, afternoon yoga, pm jog 2 mi,  very tired today)

"And all at once, summer collapsed into fall." 🍁 Oscar Wilde

 It really is suddenly autumn!

(daily ex, morning yoga, pm tm jog 5 mi)

/ Louis Pasteur / . "Gentlemen, it is the microbes who will have the last word."

 Now that's depressing science.

(daily ex, morning 3 mi walk with Fleet Feet group, afternoon yoga and stretching, pm jog 2 mi streak saver)

“Until the lion learns how to write, every story will glorify the hunter.” ― J. Nozipo Maraire

 (daily ex., morning yoga/stretching, pm tm jog 3.5 mi)

“A well-read woman is a dangerous creature.” ― Lisa Kleypas, A Wallflower Christmas

 (daily ex, morning yoga and stretching, morning walk 3.1 mi, pm jog 4.3 mi)

“when tired at last, he sat on the bank, while the river still chattered on to him, a babbling procession of the best stories in the world, sent from the heart of the earth to be told at last to the insatiable sea.” ― Kenneth Grahame, The Wind in the Willows

What a great quote.  I may have to reread "The Wind in the Willows," it may be lost on children.

(daily ex., morning yoga and stretching, 15 min step aerobics, pm jog 4.2 mi)

“I’m not interested in being fearless. I’ve met fearless people. I think they’re sociopaths. I’m interested in becoming brave, and there’s a big difference there. And to be fearless means you don’t even know what fear is, which means you’re missing a huge part of what it is to be a human being. To be brave means that you keep going anyway.” — Elizabeth Gilbert, writer

 (daily ex, morning walk 2.5 mi,  some yoga and stretching, pm streaksaver slow jog 1.1 mi) 

“I wish I could've lived my life without making any wrong turns. But that's impossible. A path like that doesn't exist. We fail. We trip. We get lost. We make mistakes. And little by little, one step at a time, we push forward. It's all we can do. On our own two feet.” — Natsuki Takaya

 (daily ex, morning yoga and stretching, pm tm jog 4.5 mi)

 “There are some good things to be said about walking. Not many, but some. Walking takes longer, for example, than any other known form of locomotion except crawling. Thus it stretches time and prolongs life. Life is already too short to waste on speed. I have a friend who's always in a hurry; he never gets anywhere. Walking makes the world much bigger and thus more interesting. You have time to observe the details. The utopian technologists foresee a future for us in which distance is annihilated. … To be everywhere at once is to be nowhere forever, if you ask me.”

― Edward Abbey

(daily ex, morning walk with friends 6.2 mi, morning yoga)

Drew Dellinger

 it’s 3:23 in the morning

and I’m awake
because my great great grandchildren
won’t let me sleep
my great great grandchildren
ask me in dreams
what did you do while the planet was plundered?
what did you do when the earth was unraveling?

surely you did something
when the seasons started failing?

as the mammals, reptiles, birds were all dying?

did you fill the streets with protest
when democracy was stolen?

what did you do
once
you
knew?

(daily ex, morning group walk 3 mi, , morning yoga, pm jog/walk 2 mi)

Enjoy this day. It's the last time you''ll be this young.

 (home again after class reunion and family visits, yoga/stretching 1/2 hour, jog 3.2 miles)

“Act as if what you do makes a difference. It does.” ― William James

 (daily ex, walking 1.5 mi, afternoon, stretching, tm jog 7.3 mi.  run streak day 4054, starting year 11)

Getting old is like climbing a mountain; you get a little out of breath, but the view is much better! Ingrid Bergman (1915-1982), actress (Casablanca)

 (daily ex, not much, morning yoga, pm slow jog 1.1 mi streak saver)

“Life is like a game of cards. The hand you are dealt is determinism; the way you play it is free will.” – Jawaharlal Nehru

 (daily ex., morning yoga, pm tm jog 4.1 mi)

“Dearly beloved. We are gathered here today. To get through this thing called life.” ― Prince

 (daily ex., morning walk 2 mi., afternoon yoga, pm long jog tm 8.1 mi)