We are still on I-85, but the movie has changed to
Iron Will.If you have not seen it, I highly recommend it. As quoted from Wikipedia, “It is based on the exploits of Albert Campbell, who won the 1917 race from Winnipeg to Saint Paul, and Fred Hartman, the American hope in the race. According to Albert Campbell, he won the race to fulfill his father’s dying wish made just two weeks before the race.“
We’re at exit 141 on I-85 making a pit stop at Starbucks. Ahhh…I do lika the peppermint.
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I’m currently riding in my van on the way back home from visiting my in-law’s. Cheryl’s driving and has Alycia (her sister) to keep up conversation while I’m in the back with Hannah, Jack, Liberty and Joseph watching
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.Oh…were you expecting something about my morning walk? Hmmm…slept in until 6:00 am and relaxed around the house with my children most of the day until it was time to pack up the van. Anyway, in lieu of a walk around the neighborhood, my “walking” back and forth between the house and the van with luggage will have to count.
See you tomorrow!
Here is the chapter I read this morning from “Gaining Favor with God and Man” by William Thayer (originally published in 1893). I thoroughly enjoyed this chapter. The following is an excerpt:
“A pleasure party on a small lake were enjoying themselves, when a young lady changed her position so suddenly that the boat dipped a little water. She uttered a scream, and sprang to the other side; others did the same, upsetting the boat, and…(read the rest here)”
As I said, I was undaunted by my late awakening for the day and have completed a 1.5 mile walk around the neighborhood. Hannah joined me for the first .25 mile and then was replaced by Jack for the remaining 1.25 miles. Hannah and I had a wonderful conversation about her faith in God and how without Him she is incapable of being good. Jack spoke almost non-stop about almost everything that entered his mind. His most inspiring thought expressed was how he desires to love God so that he can maintain self-control over his temper.
I prayed for this neighborhood as well as my own.
I partially woke up at 5:00 am today when my alarm went off to remind me of my desire to walk a mile in preparation for the 20+ mile hike on the AT this Spring. Somewhere between turning off the alarm and a half-consicous thought about how I did not go to bed until 1:40 am, my head hit the pillow and I knocked out just as quickly as I woke up.
It’s nearly noon and I still have not put in my walk, but I have thorougly enjoyed the time with members of my wife’s family. We were able to get almost everyone together this year which includes Cheryl’s parents, her 3 sisters and 1 brother, their 2 spouses and 1 very serious friend (boy), our 4 children and my 8 neices and nephews: 23 in all.
Undaunted, I still plan to get in my walk for the day…
Here is the chapter I read this morning from “Gaining Favor with God and Man” by William Thayer (originally published in 1893).
The fascinating thing about this book is that it was written for children. Amazingly, you would be hard pressed to find more than 80% of the U.S. adult population who could manage the vocabulary in this book today.
The following is an excerpt from this chapter:
“Peter the Great laid aside the robes of royalty, and entered the East India dockyard at Amsterdam, in disguise, to learn…(read the rest here)“
In response to Chris’ post on walking his neighborhood, you know that if you walk the southern perimeter it is almost exactly 1 mile.
Merry Christmas Eve. It’s a cold one in Kannapolis, NC today. I slept in until 5:30 am today as the past few days of <6 hours sleep per night begins to take a toll. It would have been much later except that Jack woke me to help him find a bathroom.
Today, my body was sending every signal it could to my brain that this was just not worth it and I needed to return to the house as soon as possible. Everything (muscles, bones, ligaments) was in pain including my lungs from the cold air. I recalled the article on PUSH that I just published the other day and encouraged myself to continue. Within the first .25 mile, everything had changed. It was amazing. Everything in my body felt as though it was actually “craving” the walk, pushing me to continue.
Took a slightly different route today.
Today I read the chapter “PRINCIPLE” from William Thayer’s book, “Gaining Favor with God and Man.”
The attached is a slightly abridged version, but more than worth the time to read. I do find it fascinating that those who are principled will read about being principled, while those who are not absolutely refuse to do so.
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