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Don't ask yourself what the world needs. Ask yourself what makes you come alive and then go do that. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive.
-Howard Thurman

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Intentions for this new year

“When you are grateful, fear disappears and abundance appears.”
― Anthony Robbins

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To remember (and to act)

"Atticus–” said Jem bleakly.
He turned in the doorway. “What, son?”
“How could they do it, how could they?”
“I don’t know, but they did it. They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it — seems that only children weep."
— To Kill A Mockingbird.

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Country Rides

“Never stop just because you feel defeated. The journey to the other side is attainable only after great suffering.”
― Santosh Kalwar

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Me and 320K* of my closest friends

“We are each other's harvest; we are each other's business; we are each other's magnitude and bond.”
― Gwendolyn Brooks

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Summer pretty much is the best

I know, I know, I've said it before. And about other places even... But this time it's for real.

NY.... I think I'm falling for you. At least your non-polar-vortex, sunny-and-not-humid beautiful self.

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Sometimes it just all flows

“May what I do flow from me like a river, no forcing and no holding back, the way it is with children.”

― Rainer Maria Rilke

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Solstice Bikepacking

“The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.”
― Eleanor Roosevelt

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Trying to love the Catskills

I spent the summers of my teens and early 20s in the Catskills and have so many fond memories of my time there. These are special mountains, full of trout streams and rolling hills and history.

I wish I could say that I love them.

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Spring in Brooklyn

Yeah, I too wish I could think of a better title for this post. But, it's true. Spring has finally gotten here (hello, longest winter EVER!).
And now it's time to be outside and play. The sun is shining, the weather is warmer (mid-60s today) and the flowers are all in bloom. It's pretty much amazing.

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