This quote was written more than three centuries ago! The originator, Thomas Sydenham (10 September 1624 – 29 December 1689), was an English physician. He was the author of Observationes Medicae which became a standard textbook of medicine for two centuries so that he became known as 'The English Hippocrates’.
(ex update, pm jog 1.6 miles, ytd 125.1 miles. Morning walk 4.3 miles, ytd walk 91.3 miles.)
“You see, we may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are. So that we can see, oh, that happened, and I rose. I did get knocked down flat in front of the whole world, and I rose. I didn't run away—I rose right where I'd been knocked down. And then that's how you get to know yourself. You say, hmm, I can get up! I have enough of life in me to make somebody jealous enough to want to knock me down. I have so much courage in me that I have the effrontery, the incredible gall to stand up. That's it. That's how you get to know who you are.”
—Maya Angelou
(daily ex update, pm tm run 4 miles, ytd 123.5 miles. Morning walk with dog 3 miles, ytd walk 87 miles. Note to self, I'm falling behind if I plan on running/walking 2021 miles this year.)
(daily ex. update, run 3.6 miles in am with dog, run 4 miles tm pm, ytd 111.6 miles. Walk 1.2 miles am with dog, walk 1.2 miles pm tm, ytd 80.2 miles.)
