What I’ve Learned … So Far (good writing exercise)
- Living legends are not as rare as I once thought
- Whitman must have experienced little or no resistance or friction as his words traveled from his mind to his pen. The path mine take are riddled with obstacles
- Whether you are a boy or a man, one of the hardest things you can do is to tell your father that you love him
- There is a freedom and a joy in running that I have never experienced anywhere else
- If the only thing you ever do for your children is to give them the knowledge and the feeling that they are loved, then you’re doing OK
- Wishing for things will never make it so
- The greatest thing a teacher can do for you is to give you some attention
- If you don’t know what you stand for, and you don’t know where to draw the line, then all of your decisions become a nebulous mess
- Once regret enters into your life, your soul never burns as bright
- Never stop reading. Never stop learning. Never stop growing. Your “aha moment” may depend on it
- I’d rather be comfortable than stylish
- Don’t be hesitant or afraid to say what is necessary
- Do not take lightly the hope you offer to others
- Most relationships can tolerate more honesty than you think
- Agreeing with you and Believing in you are two very different things
- People who do not have idealist thoughts are missing something special – the joy and excitement of striving for that ideal – whether possible or not
- Whenever we label ourselves as something, we limit ourselves
- We are always trying to fill some kind of emptiness
- To be truly in-tune with your body is an awareness I can not live without
- To learn, sometimes we have to let go of our beliefs
- An addictive personality, without proper focus, usually leads to more bad than good
