“We do not grow absolutely, chronologically. We grow sometimes in one dimension, and not in another; unevenly. We grow partially. We are relative. We are mature in one realm, childish in another. The past, present, and future mingle and pull us backward, forward, or fix us in the present. We are made up of layers, cells, constellations.” ― Anais Nin

 (daily ex., morning dog walk 0.7 miles very slow, afternoon tm jog 5.8 miles, pm cooldown walk 1.5 miles)

Blaise Pascal / . "Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction."

 (daily ex., morning dog walk 1.8 mi, pm slow walk-jog 4.5 miles, tired today)

“Nothing ever ends poetically. It ends and we turn it into poetry. All that blood was never once beautiful. It was just red.” ― Kait Rokowski

 (daily ex., morning dog walk 1.6 slow miles, pm tm jog 5 miles. plus 1 mi cooldown walk)

Decide to be arc-benders

 Yes, the arc of the moral universe is long and it bends toward justice, but make no mistake it will bend far less severely and far more slowly if we simply wait for it to do so.

We are the arc-benders.

John Pavlovitz

(daily ex., morning slow dog walk 1.5 miles, pm slow walk-jog 5 miles)

Henry D Thoreau / . "The price of anything is the amount of life you exchange for it.

 (daily ex., morning very slow dog walk 1.5 miles, pm jog tm 6.5 miles)

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you're not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” ― F. Scott Fitzgerald

 (daily ex., 2 walks=3.5 mi, pm streak saver slow jog, rest day, read a great book)

“People who deny the existence of dragons are often eaten by dragons. From within.” ~Ursula K. Le Guin

 (daily ex. update, morning very slow dog walk 2.1 miles, pm jog tm 5.5 miles)