Funny how this year is going by so quickly. Per usual, I mark the 4th of July as the year's midpoint. Soon enough, it'll be 2010.

As a note, I have to develop a Year To Do list here. That'll probably be done by the time I return.

So. How has my marathon training going?

Despite starting 40+ days later than the projected calendar, the return to running the previous year made adjustment easier. Basically, I started where the calendar was marked at the time - around the week of March 15. Since then, I maintained the training schedule and plan to continue on since ( Read more... )

More often than not, the mind ( Read more... )

Happy Easter! The life, death, and ressurection of Christ has made Salvation a certainty. Thanks be to God through Christ.

As a confession of faith, I write here the Nicene Creed. Thankfully, my service folder today has a copy of the words - thus allowing this privilege.

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kyuu (adj)

1. weird
2. simultaneously valued and worthless
3. derailed

From here on out, my use of LiveJournal will be limited. From my 40-day exercise, I found my taste for pure handwritten journaling. It's a lot more honest than my typed up version; and I'll be able to reach and train my intuition a lot better. Since the end of that exercise a good 3-weeks ago, I had felt rather... lost. It was as if a part of ( Read more... )

The biggest lesson from the 40-day thing is to: "Slowdown". In the event I feel some sort of "rush". It's best to hit the "airbrakes". Slowdown and pay attention. This is where the patience will come to play. Quite frankly, this "slowdown" is a skill to be learned. Some naturally have it. Many of us don't. I certainly did not; therefore, I ( Read more... )

Chicago Marathon: October 11,2009

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Now that I have returned to the Internet. I really don't know what to say. In the journal book, one of the prompts for the last day was - something like - what would I say to my friends about this 40-day "excursion"? Right now, I don't know. I'll wait till I actually write it in that book. For now, this is simply a closer to the exercise - ( Read more... )

From Christmas - I thank my older sister for this gift - 40 Days 40 Nights guided journal ( Read more... )