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#300 - Daily MG - Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor - 4 of 6

“I got out fast. Later, I heard that Lornah Kiplagat from Kenya was in front of me for the first 400 meters. I don’t remember her at all. In fact, I don’t remember any of the competitors. I looked up Grand Avenue to the first turn, a left, in the distance, and ran to it. I took the turn, then looked for the next target. A lamppost. I chased it, working to extend myself with each step out of the speed I was in and into a faster one.” - Deena Kastor

#299 - Daily MG - Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor - 3 of 6

“The answer came on the plane ride home. I had gone to the starting line knowing I could run with the best in the world but not believing I could beat them. I had limited myself by setting a goal based on my competitors. It was a natural thing to do. A competitor’s goal is to beat the competition. But I’d settled for achieving my goal instead of pushing toward my limit. It occurred to me that while we need a plan B to turn to when races aren’t going well, we should also have a plan when our strength exceeds our expectations.” - Deena Kastor

#298 - Daily MG - Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor - 2 of 6

"Heading into the Kinney championships junior year, I wanted to win." - Deena Kastor

#297 - Daily MG - Let Your Mind Run by Deena Kastor - 1 of 6

"The course was full of sharp turns and hills, like a roller coaster, and I pictured myself as a fast-flying car, zipping around turns, chugging up hills, and barreling down them." - Deena Kastor

#296 - Daily MG - What Are You Doing With Your Life by J. Krishnamurti - 6 of 6

"Freedom must be sought out - freedom from saviors, teachers, leaders; freedom from the self-enclosing walls of goo dand bad; freedom from authority and imitation; freedom from self, the cause of conflict and pain... we are not saying it is right or wrong but are considering its cause and effect, are we not?" - J. Krishnamurti

#295 - Daily MG - What Are You Doing With Your Life by J. Krishnamurti - 5 of 6

"You know what caring is? If you care, when you plant a tree, you care for itl you cherish it; you nourish it... You have to dig deep before you plant, then see the soil is right, then plant, then protect it, then watch it every day, look after it as if it were a part of your whole being." - J. Krishnamurti

#294 - Daily MG - What Are You Doing With Your Life by J. Krishnamurti - 4 of 6

"You exist only in relationship." - J. Krishnamurti

#293 - Daily MG - What Are You Doing With Your Life by J. Krishnamurti - 3 of 6

"As long as success is our goal we cannot be rid of fear, for the desire to succeed inevitably breeds the fear of failure." - J. Krishnamurti

#292 - Daily MG - What Are You Doing With Your Life by J. Krishnamurti - 2 of 6

"To have an open mind is more important than learning; and we can have an open mind, not by cramming it full of information, but by being aware of our own thoughts and feelings, by carefully observing ourselves and the influences about us, by listening to others, by watching the rich and the poor, the powerful and the lowly." - J. Krishnamurti

#291 - Daily MG - What Are You Doing With Your Life by J. Krishnamurti - 1 of 6

"Training the intellect does not result in intelligence. Rather, intelligence comes into being when one acts in perfect harmony, both intellectually and emotionally. There is a vast distinction between intellect and intelligence. Intellect is merely thought functioning independently of emotion." - J> Krishnamurti