As long as there is one upright man, as long as there is one compassionate woman, the contagion may spread and the scene is not desolate.
~ E. B. White from, E.B. White’s Beautiful Letter to a Man Who Had Lost Faith in Humanity
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Two weeks until closing
Mom’s house is done!! Closing date is set, movers are scheduled…
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Obligation
We’re born alone. We do need each other. It’s lonely to really effectively live your life, and anyone you can get help from or give help to; that’s part of your obligation.
~ Bill Murray
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Hand-made Vanilla extract
Experimenting with coconut flour pancakes this morning. Second batch, “shall we add some vanilla?” …you mean the vanilla extracted using BOURBON which our brother-in-law makes by hand. OMG. YES. PLEASE. @geometress is a keeper!!
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PPK Philly Empty Gallery
A humorous gallery of camoflaged people from the PPK Philly gym opening.
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The sculptor
Man cannot remake himself without suffering for he is both the marble and the sculptor.
~ Alexis Carrel
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Yum
Tabouli and cauliflower…. heavenly.
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Yamakasi at PPK Philly
One last session w these guys!
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Community
This is the sort of thing that turns a ‘gym’ into the center of a community. Quick! …go get a laminated map and straight pins. Bonus points for color coding pin heads. @ppkphilly
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Tomorrow is going to be….
INSANE. Today is already off the chart @ppkphilly
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I spy Stany
Climbing a dead tree for bonus points :)
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Fear of failure
There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: The fear of failure.
~ Paulo Coelho
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Test test testing
1. 2. 3. Is this on? *tap* *tap*
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Half-hearted, lazy effort
As we get older, failure is not so inconsequential anymore. What’s at stake is not some arbitrary grade or intramural sports trophy, but the quality of your life and your abiity to deal with the world around you.
Don’t let that intimidate you, though. You have the best teachers in the world: the wisest philosophers who ever lived. And not only are you capable, the professor is asking for something very simple: just begin the work. The rest follows.
~ Ryan Holiday, from The Daily Stoic
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Confused I may be
Training with the French in Jersey… New Jersey that is, Princeton. PPK gym number two for me w @pinnacleparkour @teddybearparkour
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Ow
Stairs, plus Yamakasi equals…
Art du Déplacement
Gorgeous sunny weather at the Philly Art Museum w Yann, Stany and @parkourphilly
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Hello Philly!
Miguel and photobombed by Yann’s foot.
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Pause and reflect
Whenever you find yourself on the side of the majority, it is time to pause and reflect.
~ Mark Twain
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The Myth of Sisyphus
But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night-filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man’s heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.
~ Albert Camus
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