Sometimes optimism isn’t enough. You accept the facts and let it go.

 

 

Just finished reading The Extra Mile by Pam Reed. It’s truly inspirational. Picked a few quotes to share.

“Running within yourself.”

~Pam Reed 

“Anyone who continues participating in this sport will develop personal preferences.  They offer the challenge I’m looking for and also another element I’m coming to value more: I want an event that’s physically and mentally demanding without being stressful on the way everyday life is.  I can get enough of that elsewhere. When I’m running, I want to get where I want to go_ which is not to the supermarket, the car wash, or the veterinarian.    

~Pam Reed 

“Looking for new ‘virgin territory’ to savor is not always about finding something farther or harder, though those things have strong appeal to an athlete of my ilk. Other ‘firsts’ can be very pleasurable too.  And some of them I would have never have thought to look for. 

~Pam Reed. 

“I’ve gotten to a point where I feel pretty capable of dealing with physical challenges.  It took me a long time, and I’m glad it did. Yet I don’t ever want to feel like I’ve ‘mastered’ this. I don’t want to lose the excitement, or even the little bit of fear that comes from going a little farther or trying something new.”

~Pam Reed  

Happy Ever After…

Dorises.

“Well, it’s New Year’s now but I don’t feel that way anymore. I wonder if you do either. Something’s happening to me. It’s like I’m shrinking smaller and smaller and I can’t stop it. There’s just so much wrong that I can’t imagine the shame in admitting even the tiniest part of it. When you left it was like there was this huge gap to fill, but instead of spreading wide enough to do it I just fell right in, and I’m still falling. Like I’m half-asleep, and I can’t wake up, can’t wake up….”

—	Sarah Dessen, Dreamland

“And maybe my blind optimism is to blame.”

“Giant proclamations are all very well, but our love is louder than words.”

~Bloc Party

You come to a point, a point where the facts are put in your face, you know what you should do. But you still linger,

I would like to believe everyone has the potential to be a truly amazing person.  I think that some people get lost along the way, something happens to them, they get their heart broken, someone smashes it, and they become bitter, closing their heart off from the whole world.  Or maybe they can partially open it, but they can’t fully plant themselves with another.  So I want to know, what does it take to help them see?

Well, that’s the hardest part, you can’t. You can’t change them, you can’t make them want something, they have to be able to let go of the past and want to move forward.  They have to see that it’s okay to completely trust one person, be with one person. And you can support them, be there, care, but they still have to want it, they have to be ready.

So, what if they’re not ready? What if they can’t choose? It’s simple you have to walk away, you have to say no more.

I believe the past doesn’t define you, it’s part of growing to become who you are going to be, so mistakes are forgotten.  You weren’t apart of their past so why is that important, it’s about now and what they want to make of it.

“If you have to tell someone how badly you want it, then you haven’t shown them how hard you already work for it.”

~John Mayer

“Painful as it may be sometimes, I recommend going through life without the epidural.”

~John Mayer

“I will always care about things I shouldn’t, but that’s a good way of making sure I don’t miss caring about something important.”

~John Mayer

“If I were to give back the regretful experience, I’d also have to give back the lesson I learned from it.”

~John Mayer

“You can listen to all the sage wisdom you want, but things only make sense when you can explain them to yourself in your own words.”

~John Mayer