Check yourself.

I have been reading a book called Mile Markers. It claims to be a book about running and why women do it....it seems to me that it is a book about life, real life, and how running plays a part in most every part of this specific woman's life. If you know me I like books that are real, raw, and believable...this book fits all of those categories. I do not claim to be a runner, but I do run (well I jog)in races here and there. I actually love running. Sometimes I forget that I love it up until the moment I am actually doing it, but once I am on my way I remember all of the good things running does for my mind and body. This is one of the many quotes from the book that I love.

Good reminder to put myself in check.

"I wish we could always support each other without comparing. I wish we could always allow others to be sad without trying to fix it. I wish we could always be happy for someone else without seeing the holes in our own lives. I wish we could always share in another's gratitude for good fortune instead of poisoning it with our own regret. I wish we could always laugh together without our mirth coming at the expense of someone else. I wish we could always lift each other up without having to be on top. I wish we could always applaud others' gifts without pining. I wish we could always freely celebrate our own gifts without feeling the need to play small."

This quote does not really have much to do with running at all, that is why I like this book. It takes something I can relate to, running, and after each chapter I realize I have learned important lessons about life.

made me think...

Occasionally while I work at my computer I will listen to a conference talk. Today I listened to 'Awake, Arise, and Come Unto Christ' by Sheri Dew. This talk was actually given at a Women's Conference at BYU. It was very inspiring. It was just what I needed.

This made me think:

"We each have our own customized opportunities to deal with disappointment, yet our disappointments don’t change the doctrine."

Random--but so true!

How can you not love this?!~

Random Thoughts of the Day
by Unknown

o Nothing sucks more than that moment during an argument when you realize you're wrong.

o Have you ever been walking down the street and realized that you're going in the complete opposite direction of where you are supposed to be going? But instead of just turning a 180 and walking back in the direction from which you came, you have to first do something like check your watch or phone or make a grand arm gesture and mutter to yourself to ensure that no one in the surrounding area thinks you're crazy by randomly switching directions on the sidewalk.

o Do you remember when you were a kid, playing Nintendo and it wouldn't work? You take the cartridge out, blow in it and that would magically fix the problem. Every kid in America did that, but how did we all know how to fix the problem? There was no internet or message boards or FAQ's. We just figured it out. Today's kids are soft.

o I would rather try to carry 10 plastic grocery bags in each hand than take 2 trips to bring my groceries in.

o The only time I look forward to a red light is when I’m trying to finish a text.

o LOL has gone from meaning, "laugh out loud" to "I have nothing else to say".

o I have a hard time deciphering the fine line between boredom and hunger.

o Answering the same letter three times or more in a row on a Scantron test is absolutely petrifying.

o Whenever someone says "I'm not book smart, but I'm street smart", all I hear is "I'm not real smart, but I'm imaginary smart".

o How many times is it appropriate to say "What?" before you just nod and smile because you still didn't hear what they said?

o I love the sense of camaraderie when an entire line of cars teams up to prevent some idiot from cutting in at the front.

o I find it hard to believe there are actually people who get in the shower first and THEN turn on the water.

o Whenever I'm Facebook stalking someone and I find out that their profile is public I feel like a kid on Christmas morning who just got the Red Ryder BB gun that I always wanted. 546 pictures? Don't mind if I do!

o Why is it that during an ice-breaker, when the whole room has to go around and say their name and where they are from, I get so incredibly nervous? Like I know my name, I know where I'm from; this shouldn't be a problem....

o There's no worse feeling than that millisecond you're sure you are going to die after leaning your chair back a little too far.

o I'm always slightly terrified when I exit out of Word and it asks me if I want to save any changes to my ten page research paper that I swear I did not make any changes to.

o I hate when I just miss a call by the last ring (Hello? Hello? Darnit!), but when I immediately call back, it rings nine times and goes to voicemail. What'd you do after I didn't answer? Drop the phone and run away?

o I like all of the music in my iTunes, except when it's on shuffle, then I like about one in every fifteen songs in my iTunes.

o It should probably be called Unplanned Parenthood.

o I keep some people's phone numbers in my phone just so I know not to answer when they call.

o Even under ideal conditions people have trouble locating their car keys in a pocket, finding their cell phone, and Pinning the Tail on the Donkey - but I’d bet everyone can find and push the Snooze button from 3 feet away, in about 1.7 seconds, eyes closed, first time every time...

o The other night I ordered takeout, and when I looked in the bag, saw they had included four sets of plastic silverware. In other words, someone at the restaurant packed my order, took a second to think about it, and then estimated that there must be at least four people eating to require such a large amount of food. Too bad I was eating by myself.

how can you not love this?

---said by one Biggest Loser contestant to another (her own teammate)

"Suck it up cupcake, you're not the only fat girl in the room"

Read it and loved it!!

Strength and courage aren't always measured in medals and victories. They are measured in the struggles that they overcome. The strongest people aren't always the people who win, but the people who don't give up when they lose.

--ASHLEY HODGESON

LOVE IT...

“It isn’t as bad as you sometimes think it is. It all works out. Don’t worry. I say that to myself every morning. It will all work out. Put your trust in God, and move forward with faith and confidence in the future. The Lord will not forsake us. He will not forsake us. If we will put our trust in Him, if we will pray to Him, if we will live worthy of His blessings, He will hear our prayers.”

--Pres. Hinckley