Motivation

With the new year upon us, I imagine most everyone has read and/or written personal reflections of 2012. December and January posts all around the web are satiated with great memories, grand victories and groovy self-improvement goals for 2013. Last January, I wrote a post inviting 2012 to be a year of growth. Specifically, I...
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There was a time when unexpected stay-at-home days (like when your child experiences uncontrollable diarrhea and cannot go to school) meant a long list of chores I just had to accomplish. Such days were not to be wasted, I reasoned but instead filled with the intention of completing all that I usually neglect during the...
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The roses in my backyard are beautiful this time of year. Strong, healthy, vibrant in color, the blooms paint the canvas of my yard with life. Before the rain hit one day last week, I went out back armed with my clippers. So filled with awe of their color, I took a picture of...
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Mistakes are painful, but they are the only way to figure out who we are. I can’t remember where I heard this, but it was just recently. I think it may have been from Grey’s Anatomy. It’s a truth that has stuck with me the last few days. We all make mistakes: Big ones....
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It was a busy three-day weekend. Busier than normal, if you can believe it. Busy with fun stuff, and busy with productive stuff. Always moving…that’s how I would describe the last 72 hours. And today is more of the same. I actually took the day off work in order to accomplish more…to be able to...
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It’s been a week of giving. I’ve given to my kids like any good mama would. I’ve cooked, cleaned, driven to soccer practice, observed soccer team pictures, cheered at a soccer game, found lost socks, packed lunches, helped with third grade math homework… I supported my extended family by spending four hours in a hospital waiting...
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Do not crowd your heart and mind by trying to make it fit into a label that someone else created. You are a runner. You don’t have to be a trail runner, a long-distance runner, a marathoner, a middle-of-the-pack runner, a sprinter, a minimalist runner…You don’t have to blog about running or record your miles in...
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You are living a life that leads, dear runner. And you will serve society well by stepping confidently into this role.  Whether your route takes you two miles or twenty, you are the epitome of wanting to live a healthy life. Your early morning runs and countless weekend miles show the world your dissatisfaction with the status quo, and your lack of interest...
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Oddly, when I sit quietly at a coffee shop, drinking one of my favorite drinks, people-watching, doing nothing– I feel in control of my life and destiny. The choices I am making RIGHT NOW, at this exact moment in time, write so much of my future…in both big and small ways. And this concrete...
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Early this morning, I… made coffee packed two lunches killed the biggest spider I have ever seen did a load of laundry watered the front lawn fed the dog cleaned up after the rabbit packed a third lunch looked for more spiders got ready for work got the kids to summer camp on time.. …but I did...
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The idea came to me last Saturday morning, while on a run. I had been discouraged; a trail run I had planned fell through. And I was going to use that as a test to see how prepared I was to race a brutal 10.5 trail run the end of the month. My training schedule is screwed...
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I’m learning to live in the present– away from the worry of the future, apart from the regret of the past.   In the moment, I want to live– alive, breathing in and out deeply…richly…truly… conscious of where I am…who I am…who I am with…   Focused. Intentional. Fully alive.   My yoga mat...
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