“It’s not who you are that holds you back. It’s who you think you are not.” -Anonymous

You can learn a lot about life from volunteering at a race. I recently joined a local running club, and have started volunteering at races. Today I learned an incredibly powerful truth, well a couple actually.
I learned (again) that appearances can be deceiving. Of the 800 people running, not all the folks who were skinny and looked good in spandex were fast runners. Many of the front runners, true, looked like runners. But when it came to the middle of the pack….there were quite a few people my size and …

Seth Godin asked members of his social media group Triiibes.com to nominate people they considered Linchpins in their lives. I only had to think for about oh - 30 seconds. There are a LOT of fantastic, supportive people in my life. They’re there off and on, gone for months, or there for a hard time, or whenever our schedules mesh. But of all the people I know, there’s one who has been there, and been consistent and steady. She’s always only a phone call or email away. Even when I …

I’ve been reading Martha Beck’s book, “Finding Your Own North Star, Claiming the Life You Were Meant to Live.” It’s brilliant. Of course Martha Beck usually is. And she has a fantastic sense of humor. Beck’s book, like many others I’m reading now, is about discovering who YOU are and what YOU want. Part of the reason I ended up where I have most of my life is that I had no idea what I wanted. I was so busy being what everyone else wanted me to be. The …