Writing to myself

December 31, 2019 writing to myself 9 miles meditative jog,“But to be what I am, to live what I was meant to live, to want to sound like no one else, to yield the blossoms dictated to my heart: this is what I want - and this surely cannot be arrogance. (Letters on Life)”
Rainer Maria Rilke

Mental Clock

Monday December 30, 2019 mental clock 9 miles meditative jog,"Time is the coin of your life. It is the only coin you have, and only you can determine how it will be spent. Be careful lest you let other people spend it for you."

Carl Sandburg

Self realization

Sunday December 29 2019, self realization 18 miles meditative jog,“We do not get to choose how we start out in life. We do not get to choose the day we are born or the family we are born into, what we are named at birth, what country we are born in, and we do not get to choose our ancestry. All these things are predetermined by a higher power. By the time you are old enough to start making decisions for yourself, a lot of things in your life are already in place. It’s important, therefore, that you focus on the future, the only thing that you can change.”

Idowu Koyenikan

What comes natural

Saturday December 28, 2019 doing what comes natural 18 miles meditative jog,“Every man has a specific skill, whether it is discovered or not, that more readily and naturally comes to him than it would to another, and his own should be sought and polished. He excels best in his niche - originality loses its authenticity in one's efforts to obtain originality.”
Criss Jami

Change

Friday December 27, 2019 make a change 8 miles meditative jog"Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for the stars to change the world."
Harriet Tubman

Balance

Wednesday 25, 2019 balance 35 miles meditative jog,“Everything has boundaries. The same holds true with thought. You shouldn't fear boundaries, but you should not be afraid of destroying them. That's what is most important if you want to be free: respect for and exasperation with boundaries.”
Haruki Murakami

The joy of the moment

Friday 29, 2019 the joy of being in the moment 53 miles meditative jog,“Here is, in truth, the whole secret of Yoga, the science of the soul. The active turnings, the strident vibrations, of selfishness, lust and hate are to be stilled by meditation, by letting heart and mind dwell in spiritual life, by lifting up the heart to the strong, silent life above, which rests in the stillness of eternal love, and needs no harsh vibration to convince it of true being.”

Patanjali

Feeling inspired

Monday November 4 2019, Feeling inspired 55 miles meditative Jog,"To enjoy good health, to bring true happiness to one's family, to bring peace to all, one must first discipline and control one's own mind. If a man can control his mind he can find the way to Enlightenment, and all wisdom and virtue will naturally come to him"

Buddha

Fear

Monday October 21 2019 fear 55 miles meditative jog,"You can’t live in fear of embarrassment – it has far too much to teach you. There is so much power in being the person that can sit in their embarrassment and figure out what went wrong and how to grow from it."
Tom Bilyeu

The moment

Sunday September 22 2019 being in the moment 54 miles meditative jog,“Your words, thoughts, intentions and actions today are your best hope, comfort, building blocks and insurance for tomorrow. But it is now alone that is guaranteed – tomorrow is a dream, a maybe a potential gift. It’s now - not tomorrow - where happiness and fulfillment live...awaiting your discovery. It’s all this that will make each extra day that may arrive extra special and rich.”

Rasheed Ogunlaru

Silent

Sunday September 1 2019 silent 55 miles meditative jog,"Internalize the vagrant mind and fix it in the Lord. Then the meditation will be profound and intense. Don't open the eyes. Don't move from the seat. Melt yourself down into Him. Dive in the deep corners of your heart. Get immerse in the brilliant Atman. Drink the nectar of Immortality. Now enjoy the silence. Son of the nectar! Rejoice! Peace! Silence! Glory!"
Sivananda

Being in the momet

Friday August 9, 2019 being in the moment 56 miles meditative jog,“Leave the problems of God to God and karma to karma. Today you're here and nothing you do will change that. Today you are alive and here and honored and blessed with good fortune. Look at this sunset, it's beautiful, neh? This sunset exists. Tomorrow does not exist. There is only now. Please look. It is so beautiful and it will never happen ever again, never, not this sunset, never in all infinity. Lose yourself in it, make yourself one with nature and do not worry about karma, yours, mine, or that of the village.”
James Clavell

Endurance

Tuesday 17, 2019 endurance 56 mile meditative jog,“Endurance: It is the spirit which can bear things, not simply with resignation, but with blazing hope. It is the quality which keeps a man on his feet with his face to the wind. It is the virtue which can transmute the hardest trial into glory because beyond the pain it sees the goal.” Anonymous,

Being in the Moment

Monday June 17 2019, being in the moment 55 miles meditative jog, “The way to live in the present is to remember that ‘This too shall pass.’ When you experience joy, remembering that ‘This too shall pass’ helps you savor the here and now. When you experience pain and sorrow, remembering that ‘This too shall pass’ reminds you that grief, like joy, is only temporary.”
Joey Green

Mental toughness

Wednesday 29, 2019 mental toughness 56 miles meditative jog,"Persons of high self-esteem are not driven to make themselves superior to others; they do not seek to prove their value by measuring themselves against a comparative standard. Their joy is being who they are, not in being better than someone else."
Nathaniel Branden

Gravity

Monday April 30 2019, feeling gravity 55 miles meditative jog,,“Be careful what you water your dreams with. Water them with worry and fear and you will produce weeds that choke the life from your dream. Water them with optimism and solutions and you will cultivate success. Always be on the lookout for ways to turn a problem into an opportunity for success. Always be on the lookout for ways to nurture your dream.”

Lao Tzu

Journey back to 100 miles

Monday 18 March 2019 Self awareness 52 mile meditative jog,"Let us rise up and be thankful, for if we didn’t learn a lot today, at least we learned a little, and if we didn’t learn a little, at least we didn’t get sick, and if we got sick, at least we didn’t die; so, let us all be thankful."
Buddha

Monday February 18 2019, Breathing 54 miles meditative jog,"You know that our breathing is the inhaling and exhaling of air. The organ that serves for this is the lungs that lie round the heart, so that the air passing through them thereby envelops the heart. Thus breathing is a natural way to the heart. And so, having collected your mind within you, lead it into the channel of breathing through which air reaches the heart and, together with this inhaled air, force your mind to descend into the heart and to remain there."
Nicephorus the Solitary

Thinking on the run: Journey Back to 100 miles

Thinking on the run: Journey Back to 100 miles: Monday February 6 2019 affirmation 53 miles meditative jog",Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather,...

Journey Back to 100 miles

Monday February 6 2019 affirmation 53 miles meditative jog",Belief is not restricted to a brief affirmation based on imitation; rather, it has degrees and stages of development. It is like a seed growing into a fully grown, fruit-bearing tree; like the sun's image in a mirror or in a drop of water to its images on the sea's surface and to the sun itself."

Said Nursi

Journey back to 100 miles

Monday January 7 2019 I am Life 53 miles meditative jog,“Life is a series of natural and spontaneous changes. Don't resist them; that only creates sorrow. Let reality be reality. Let things flow naturally forward in whatever way they like.” Lao Tzu