Learning to Live

just be happy, they hate that

You will burn and you will burn out; you will be healed and come back again.

It was interesting, when I was training for my second marathon I was running Chicago and I went to go get some new shoes and the guy at the running store, I was telling him, ‘Yeah, I’m not super excited about this. I just want to get through. I’m kind of nervous about my time and everything.’ And he was like, ‘Yeah, the best thing for you to remember is that the blessing is outside of your comfort zone.’ And so that was something for me to really think about and it was something that I would actually meditate on, literally just saying over and over and over in my head as I continued my training. And it’s something that I do now. Whenever I’m challenging myself to something new, I keep saying that. The blessing really is outside of your comfort zone. If you stay and do what you’re comfortable with you’ll never experience something new and incredible.

You can’t fix people or make them change; the only thing you can do is pack your shit and leave if isn’t working for you.

Gilmore Girls is a comforting show in a world where there is so little comfort

There is nothing more beautiful than nature early in the morning.

Cancel your pity party. Pull yourself together and take total ownership for everything in your life.

Your emotions are the slaves to your thoughts, and you are the slave to your emotions.

If we’re going to talk, then let’s talk. Forget about what is polite or proper and delve right into what is sincere and honest. Lead me down through the labyrinth of your true, spectacular self. I am not interested in pleasantries. If you want a conversation, then let’s get lost.