Zen Pencils by Gavin Aung Than for March 16, 2015
March 09, 2015
March 23, 2015
Transcript:
Western culture has things a little backwards right now. We think that if we had every comfort available to us… INCOMING HEAD OFFICE …we’d be happy. We equate comfort with happiness. EMPLOYEE OF THE YEAR CONGRATULATIONS ENJOY YOUR NEW MERCEDES BENZ And now we’re so comfortable we’re miserable. CLICK There’s no struggle in our lives. No sense of adventure. We get in a car. We get in an elevator. It all comes easy. DING! What I’ve found is that I’m never more alive than when I’m pushing. And I’m in pain. And I’m struggling for high achievement. And in that struggle… …there’s a magic. - Dean Karnazes Ultramarathon runner, former marketing executive
Lyons Group, Inc. over 9 years ago
SUPER!
ladykat over 9 years ago
Is this not a rerun?
Laynegg over 9 years ago
…which I haven’t! ;-)
shamest Premium Member over 9 years ago
rerun or not hit home for me I did my first half century the return leg was 100 + heat and Santa Ana headwinds never felt more alive
topbunk over 9 years ago
Oh, yeah!
Petemejia77 over 9 years ago
Nice legs!
Kind&Kinder over 9 years ago
It’s all window dressing. We can all feel awake and alive wherever we are. It all depends on our consciousness and our practiced ability to live in the Real.
But running’s good, too.
Chrystos B Minot Premium Member over 9 years ago
Fantastic. I love it—-the words and the landscape and the pushing it. Of course if it goes too far, we get “127 Hours” (a movie about a guy that made his personal /spiritual / ego quest too much of a solo gig, got into trouble, and had to amputate his arm, in the desert…great movie. Anyway, LOVE this one, Gavin. I don’t run much, but I do a lot of solo hiking, and 14’ers at night….