“In vain have I struggled. It will not do. My feelings will not be repressed. You must allow me to tell you how ardently I admire and love you.” (Pride and Prejudice) Jane Austen
Expressing love
#14!
I am very grateful to Paul Nagel for personal crafting this medal rack for my 13 marathon medals…looking forward to hanging #14 after Boston on April 20th! Each one of these races was a battle, and each one was offered up for more priestly vocations and other special intentions. Grateful to God for the gift of running!
Friendship
“A day without a friend is like a pot without a single drop of honey left inside.” Winnie the Pooh
Is Christ your best friend?
Trust in Jesus
“Do not lose heart, even if you should discover that you lack qualities necessary for the work to which you are called. He who called you will not desert you, but the moment you are in need he will stretch out his saving hand.” St. Angela Merici
Leaning into Jesus
Overcome
“Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.” Enrest Hemingway, (The Old Man and the Sea)
Dealing with surprises
Compassion
“It is not violence that best overcomes hate—nor vengeance that most certainly heals injury.” (Jane Eyre) Charlotte Bronte