It was being a runner that mattered, not how fast or how far I could run. The joy was in the act of running and in the journey, not in the destination.

We run to undo the damage we've done to body and spirit. We run to find some part of ourselves yet undiscovered.

Every human being born within the United States of parents not owing allegiance to any foreign sovereignty is in the language of your Constitution itself, a natural born citizen.

All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all other persons born within the Republic, of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, are natural born citizens. Gentleman [sic] can find no exception to this statement touching natural-born citizens except what is said in the Constitution relating to Indians.

The miracle isn't that I finished. The miracle is that I had the courage to start.

Crossing the starting line may be an act of courage, but crossing the finish line is an act of faith. Faith is what kepes us going when nothing else will. Faith is the emotion that will give you victory over your past, the demons in your soul, & all of those voices that tell you what you can & cannot do & can & cannot be.

The joy is in the journey, not the destination. We have a better chance of seeing where we are when we stop trying to get somewhere else.