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Poetry in the Ordinary
“Breathe-in experience, breathe-out poetry.” – Muriel Rukeyser While running a different path in St. Paul, I found poetry stamped into the cement sidewalk. A wonderful way to share poetry in an...
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Start + Finish = Win
“To finish the moment, to find the journey’s end in every step of the road, to live the greatest number of good hours, is wisdom” – Ralph Waldo Emerson I am not the fastest runner. I am not the slowest...
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A Good Day
“What we call the secret of happiness is no more a secret than our willingness to choose life.” - Leo Buscaglia While I enjoy traveling, the ingredients that make up a good day don’t require getting on...
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Back to School
“I don’t have dry seasons, because I don’t allow them.” – Thomas Perry Mid-August and the Minnesota State Fair equals ”back to school,” even as an adult. Summer’s gift is one of relaxation, restoration...
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Test Your Mettle
“In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe You are stronger than you think. Test your mettle by doing something...
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First Time Again
“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.” – T. S. Eliot The first weekend of October is the Twin...
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Wait Up
“A good companion shortens the longest road.” – Turkish Proverb Every Wednesday and Saturday, Molly, Lily and I run with our running group. Lily and Molly run side by side with not much air between...
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Dare
A few months ago, I watched a TED video featuring Brene Brown (http://www.brenebrown.com/) speaking on her years of research on vulnerability, courage, worthiness and shame. I am now reading her book...
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Mission Accomplished
“If you raise your children to feel that they can accomplish any goal or task they decide upon, you will have succeeded as a parent and you will have given your children the greatest of all blessings.”...
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Finishing Touch
“Love is our true destiny. We do not find the meaning of life by ourselves alone – we find it with another.” – Thomas Merton My parents drove up to Duluth early Saturday morning to surprise my brother...
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Work Works
“All things are difficult before they are easy.” – Thomas Fuller Since June, I’ve been training for the Twin Cities Marathon in October, my second marathon. Pain in my arches and tight calves have made...
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12561
“Strength and growth come only through continuous effort and struggle.” – Napoleon Hill My race packet for the Twin Cities Marathon came in the mail yesterday – 12561 – my race number. Reality – three...
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Team Sport
“No one who achieves success does so without acknowledging the help of others. The wise and confident acknowledge this help with gratitude.” – Alfred North Whitehead Yesterday, I ran the Bear Water...
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GrateFULL
“It is not joy that makes us grateful; it is gratitude that makes us joyful.” – Brother David Steindl-Rast A dinner with friends, a walk with the dogs through the woods, a phone call, email or text...
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Proof
“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King, Jr. The fact that our thoughts can weigh us down is proof that they can in turn lift us up. I’ve...
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Persevere
“In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm… in the real world all rests on perseverance.” – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Eight months ago when I decided to do my second marathon, I was very...
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Unexpected
“The moments of happiness we enjoy take us by surprise. It is not that we seize them, but that they seize us.” – Ashley Montagu On our usual run tonight, the girls and I were turning for home and...
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Everyday Stuff
Everyday stuff – that’s what Cast Light is all about. I’ve discovered when I notice the ordinary of each day and put myself in its midst I find meaning and joy. And I am grateful for the grace and...
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Get Out
“In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks.” – John Muir There’s no better medicine than a run with the girls on a beautiful Sunday morning. The crisp clean air, snow crunching...
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New Shoes
“The most simple things can bring the most happiness.” – Izabella Scorupco A new pair of running shoes, 9 degrees ABOVE zero with 30 degrees coming on Thursday and a run while it’s still light out with...
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