To Zen, time and eternity are one.
Rational assessments too often led to rational surrenders.
Sometimes the road to wellness isnt a well-marked expressway.
Overcoming the difficulties of an ultramarathon reminds me that I can overcome the difficulties of life
But the longer and further I ran, the more I realized that what I was often chasing was a state of mind- a place where worries that seemed monumental melted away, where the beauty and timelessness of the universe, of the present moment, came into sharp focus.
As powerful as our legs are, as magnificent as our lungs and arms and muscles are, nothing matters more than the mind.
It's a hard, simple calculus: Run until you can't run anymore. Then run some more. Find a new source of energy and will. Then run even faster.
If you get a chance, take it. If it changes your life, let it.
Let there be spaces in your togetherness. . . just as strings of a lute dance alone though they quiver with the same music.
Obama did inherit a deficit when he came into office. Why this fact justifies racking up vastly more debt and bigger deficits is a logical mystery.
The best way of successfully acting a part is to be it.