- "We have life in our hands. We don't need anything else but our hands and our compassion." — Cathleen Fanslow-Brunjes at a Therapeutic Touch Workshop
- "Is there anything more you could do to distinguish yourselves?" — a man asked us on our way to Burning Man (we weren't even decked out yet)
- "I turn around and there's this guy in a tutu with his dick hanging out...served with him in Desert Storm." — at Burning Man
- "There's not enough wind power, mon." — At first, I thought this guy standing in the middle of the road waving his arms around was crazy, possibly dangerous, but he was just flying a kite.
- "There are more cells in your body than there are stars in the universe." — Yoga Circle Studio instructor, Karen Guzak
- "Now, let go!" — a trapeze instructor (Yeah, right! Not as easy as it sounds.)
- "It's not just a bee in my own bonnet. I've been studying this for 20 years." — An NPR interview with British religious scholar Karen Armstrong defending her views caught my attention. (Armstrong also makes an appearance in books of the year.)
Relatable — I used this word in my reviews of Depression Hates a Moving Target by Nita Sweeney on Goodreads and Amazon . It's a nice word, but overused of late. So, it feels lazy. What do I mean? I connected with this book. It made me reflect more on my own first marathon experience. It made me want to put on my running shoes and head out the door again. In fact, I did. Now, typically, my mental health doesn't hinder my ability to do the stuff I want to do and my body flies under the radar. Still, I also felt goofy stepping out in my running gear a lot of the time. I didn't see myself as a "runner" or an athlete. And, I had no idea if I could run 13 miles let alone 26.2 when I started. More to the point, could I stay moving for the 4+ hours straight it would take to complete the marathon? To do the training mileage, I knew I'd have to run through streets and trails on my own and that made me nervous, too. Waves of grief wash us to strange shores. Whe...
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