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It’s All In Your Head
“Today I escaped from the crush of circumstances, or better put, I threw them out, for the crush wasn’t from outside me but in my own assumptions.” —Marcus Aurelius, Meditations, 9.13
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Spring Snow
Posted in: NarrativeBit of a late season spring snowstorm dumping about 10cm of snow on our neck of the woods today. That ‘spring snow’ that is very heavy and wet and clings to everything. Huge monster flakes that are hard to miss. Went out for a walk at lunch just because. I find days like this tricky…
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When I Run, I Run Ugly
Posted in: Lost & FoundI’ve been riding bikes so long it’s easy. I don’t mean easy like I go out and crush Tour stages easy, but 99% – well, ok, maybe 85-90% of the time, when I’m suffering on the bike, I can find a way to make it work. I’m comfortable enough to find a way to get…
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Lunch Loop
Wasn’t having a whole lot of fun at work today. Fortuitously my daughter called and didn’t need a ride a lunch time so I managed a Lunch Loop. Fresh air, these pictures and a ground score hockey puck. Day is looking up.
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Stay Humble
Posted in: Philosophy & ThoughtCame in this morning to a shotgun blast of Morning Mojo from my man Gerry McGovern and his post Humility in the Age of Complexity. A few choice nuggets: “The other strategy is to be humble—humble about ourselves and our leaders. To constantly question the answers and challenge the beliefs we hold dearest. To learn…
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Told a False Story
Posted in: Quotes“Everyone listening to this will know someone who works really hard, at a job they hate, to buy a load of shit they don’t need, that they display on social media to get people to go “OMG so jealous”, and then they feel a peculiar emptiness, because they’ve done what they’re meant to do. They’ve…