I'm doing 19 things
More to follow, but with the help of some very good friends, I qualified for Boston on 1/13/08 at the Arizona Rock n’ Roll Marathon with a 3:13 finish time!
Papillon's Life List
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1. Teach my daughter to be her authentic self
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2. Live In The Present
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3. Enter a photography contest
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4. Read "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep"
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5. learn yoga
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6. own a pub
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7. write haiku on fridays
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8. encourage everyone to post a picture of him/herself as a kid, to remind us of all the places we've been and all the places we've yet to be
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9. Get people on 43Things to give to a food pantry this month and report back on this goal
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10. let go
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11. Be impeccable with my word
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12. Don't make assumptions
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13. Don't take anything personally
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14. Travel to all 50 States
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15. travel to every continent
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16. Be a Warrior
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17. Live Without Fear
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18. learn to fly a plane
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19. Practice Unconditional Love
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Recent entries
So, I ran Portland just over a month ago and came in at 3:40. After that race, I decided to maintain a routine that would allow me to run a marathon or trail run every 2-3 months in 2007, with a goal to continue to bring my time down towards qualification (3:15 for me). Well, I figure it’s time to commit, and after a fun track workout with the TCLA in Santa Monica yesterday evening, I’ve decided to dedicate 2007 to qualifying for Boston in 2008. 3 marathons completed in the last two years, the innaugural Nike S.F. Run (4:55 – Ouch, ITBS in both legs), Phoenix R & R (3:59) and Portland (3:40)...I’m so looking forward to 2007!
Imagine a perfect relationship. You are always intensely happy with your parnter because you live with the perfect woman or man for you. How would you describe your life with this person?
Well, the way you relate with this person will be exactly the way you relate with a dog. A dog is a dog. It doesn’t matter what you do, it’s going to be a dog. You are not going to change a dog for a cat or a dog for a horse; it is what it is.
Just accepting this fact in your relations with other humans is very important. You cannot change other people. You love them the way they are or you don’t. You accept them they way they are or you don’t. To try to change them to fit what you want them to be is like trying to change a dog for a cat, or a cat for a horse. They are what they are; you are what you are…
...If you own a dog or a cat, think about how you relate to your pet. Let’s consider your relationship with a dog, for example. The animal knows how to have a perfect relationship with you…A dog doesn’t care what you do; it just loves you. It doesn’t have any expectations. Isn’t that wonderful?
...Love is what make you happy, and if you become the servant of love, and your partner becomes the servant of love, you can just imagine all the possibilities. The day will come when you can be with your partner with no guilt and no blame, no anger and no sadness. That day will be wonderful when you can be completely open, only to share, only to serve, only to give your love.
