When I signed up to run the half-marathon today, I didn’t plan on temperatures plunging into the 20’s. I also didn’t plan for snow. I thought of last year’s running shorts and the sun-kissed view of the lake and I emailed race officials my entry. I then spent eight weeks, many hours, and my extremely limited supply of energy training…
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Day 27: Inspiration for the Journey
“Many people die with their music still in them. Why is this so? Too often it is because they are always getting ready to live. Before they know it, time runs out.” ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes For all 31 day posts please click here.
Day 26: Tara Pohlkotte on the Journey: A guest post
Tara Pohlkotte a friend, poet, and noticer of all things beautiful joins us to talk about rest for our journey. She is a writer who helps me see better and reading her words always feels like coming home. You can visit her at Pohlkotte Press. Take a few moments today to accept her invitation to sit, to see, to rest….
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Day 25: Sweat for the Journey
A writer friend and I recently exchanged emails proclaiming our disgust over the repeated encouragement we received from various sources to “just keep hustling” when it comes to our work. I believe we may have thrown around terms like “punch them in the gut” or “drive me to drink” and even a reference to ” lighting my hair on fire”….
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Day 24: Beauty for the Journey
I write a lot about beauty, about chasing, uncovering, and exposing it. Leigh McLeroy says “Beauty evokes a longing for the fullness of God.” It creates an ache for what lies ahead. When I look at my life’s journey, I know it’s a vapor in the wind. There is more beyond what I can see here, and in my…
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