"I'm feeling alright, I am pretty happy with it. I was trying to catch her, around 37k my calf started to cramp on me a little so I had to make sure to run smart so I didn't completely cramp up. When the Aussie caught me I figured my medal contention might be up but I ended up catching 4th."

-- Lanni Marchant

#Running Quotes #Smart Quotes #Feelings Quotes

“It is easier to hide behind philosophical arguments, heavily footnoted for effect, than it is to admit our hurts, our confusions, our loves, and our passions in the marketplace of life's heartfelt transactions.”
“Average people and the average community can change the world. You can do it just based on common sense, determination, persistence and patience.”
“If churches saw their mission in the same way, there is no telling what might happen. What if people were invited to come tell what they already know of God instead of to learn what they are supposed to believe? What if they were blessed for what they are doing in the world instead of chastened for not doing more at church? What if church felt more like a way station than a destination? What if the churchâ€™s job were to move people out the door instead of trying to keep them in, by convincing them that God needed them more in the world than in the church?”

Source : Barbara Brown Taylor (2011). “Leaving Church: A Memoir of Faith”, p.222, Hymns Ancient and Modern Ltd
“A man is whole only when he takes into account his shadow.”

Source : "Nightwood" by Djuna Barnes, (Ch. 6), 1936.
“People have to really suffer before they can risk doing what they love.”
“Trust yourself that you can do it and get it”
“When I was young, I used to be so jealous of other girls that it crippled me.”
“It was the lowest point of my life. I just kept thinking, 'What have I done to deserve this?' I didn't see the point in living.”

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