Today is one of those great rainy Sundays. The kind that are made for being lazy in bed or relaxing with the Sunday paper. But I woke up with a sense of urgency. Since I’m only in Richmond, Virginia for a few more days before I pack my car to relocate to San Francisco, I […]
How’s your spontaneity? When was the last time you did something unexpected? How would it feel to break with routine and live in the moment – just because you’re alive? Try one of these 10 ideas today or be a bit more adventurous and create your own list to escape the treadmill of predictability. Take […]
At mile nine of the Richmond marathon course, one of the spectators was yelling to the runners, “Mind over matter, you can do it!” About 20 feet beyond him was a huge sign that read, “The bigger the obstacle, the sweeter the glory.” Of course at that stage of the 26.2 mile race, the bodies […]
Are you familiar with the oldest heralded running food? It’s an all natural seed that dates back to the time of the Aztec Indians. It’s said that the Aztec warriors subsisted on this “super” food during their conquests. Also known as the “running food” because native American Indians running from the Colorado River to the […]
A Cherokee elder was sitting with his two sons teaching them about life. The elder looked intently into the boys’ eyes and said, “A terrible fight is going on inside me. It’s a fight between two wolves. One is the wolf of joy, hope, kindness, love and compassion. The other is the wolf of greed, […]
The following are words from Benjamin E. Mays, a civil rights mentor to Martin Luther King. Mays was a minister, scholar, educator and social activist. …the tragedy in life does not lie in not reaching your goal. The tragedy lies in no goal to reach. It isn’t a calamity to die with dreams unfulfilled, but […]
