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Couch To 15K To Marathon: What I learned
What a difference a year makes! Last February I wrote about my reluctance to run a 15K. Afterward, I wrote about my race experience. This journey of training and setting running goals for myself has taught me a lot. One of the greatest lessons I learned was that sometimes it takes failure to get me to be grateful for how far I’ve come, and that believing in myself takes practice just like training for a marathon. Failure I spent months preparing. Even after only completing two 5K’s and a 15K I was determined to run 26.2 miles. Sort of. As the race approached, I heard myself saying things like “I’m going…
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Acceptance. A Letter to Teens.
We all want to feel accepted. Acceptance is love. We want to feel connected to others and not separate. We want people to like us, and depending on our life circumstance, whether we have good parents or role models in our life, a safe environment, opportunities available to us, they all combine to form our self-perception. Do we see ourselves as loved? Do we love ourselves? To all the kids who have a parent who loves you for exactly who you are–you’re lucky. It’s up to you to be a good friend to those who don’t.
