http://blog.2sparrows.org/2010/02/05/ultramarathon-man-dean-karnazes/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 11:43:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://blog.2sparrows.org/2010/02/05/ultramarathon-man-dean-karnazes/#comment-1204 50/50: Secrets I learned running 50 marathons in 50 days…. Dean Karnazes. « 2sparrows Fri, 26 Feb 2010 14:27:16 +0000 http://blog.2sparrows.org/?p=1683#comment-1204 [...] reading Ultramarathon Man, I thought I would read Dean’s second book, which details his journey of running 50 marathons [...] [...] reading Ultramarathon Man, I thought I would read Dean’s second book, which details his journey of running 50 marathons [...]

]]> http://blog.2sparrows.org/2010/02/05/ultramarathon-man-dean-karnazes/#comment-1144 Ben Fri, 05 Feb 2010 18:51:38 +0000 http://blog.2sparrows.org/?p=1683#comment-1144 "Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness. I’ve now come to believe that quite the opposite is the case. Dostoyevsky had it right: “Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.” Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is magic in misery." Powerful words there. Again I must quote Kahlil Gibran from The Prophet. "Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral." “Somewhere along the line we seem to have confused comfort with happiness. I’ve now come to believe that quite the opposite is the case. Dostoyevsky had it right: “Suffering is the sole origin of consciousness.” Never are my senses more engaged than when the pain sets in. There is magic in misery.”
Powerful words there.
Again I must quote Kahlil Gibran from The Prophet. “Verily the lust for comfort murders the passion of the soul, and then walks grinning in the funeral.”

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