"You don't have to win all your fights, but you must fight them all." - Damon West

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2.7 miles, ytd walk 514 miles, pm jog tm 5.3 miles, ytd run 1015.8 miles)

“Books must be treated with respect, we feel that in our bones, because words have power. Bring enough words together they can bend space and time.” ― Terry Pratchett

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2.2 miles, morning slow jog with dog 2.5 miles, pm tm run 3.1 miles)

“Forgive yourself for not knowing what you didn’t know before you learned it.” Maya Angelou

 (daily ex update, morning dog walk 3 miles, ytd walk 509.1 miles. pm tm jog 3.6 miles, ytd run 1004.9 miles)

We don't talk about trees getting older, we say they are growing. Let's use the same language for ourselves. We are not getting older, we are growing. ~ Sue Fitzmaurice.

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2.3 miles, ytd walk 506.1 miles.  pm tm slow long run 10.6 miles, ytd run 1001.3 miles.  this was run streak day 2924, 8 years done, starting year 9, over those 8 years I've run a total of 14,452 miles or 4.94 miles per day average)

...unless I am myself, I am nobody. Virginia Woolf

 (morning dog walk 2.7 miles, pm slow jog 1 streak saver mile)

Cleaning with a dog in your house is like brushing your teeth while eating oreos. So Much Dog Hair.

 (daily ex. update, morning dog walk 2.5 miles, ytd walk 501.1 miles.  pm tm run 4.4 miles, ytd run 989.7 miles)

I love how the air changes....you can feel it, you can smell it, and suddenly it is autumn. Melody Lee

 (morning dog walk 0.8 miles, ytd walk 498.6 miles.  pm tm jog 5.8 miles, ytd run 985.3 miles)