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Keeping the Faith in a World Gone Sideways

Good guys do wear white

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What Racing Bikes Does for Me (that few other things can)

I miss flying in combat. Few events have sent me into the kaleidoscopic melee of fear, anger, surprise, determination, elation, hate, and camaraderie than buzzing across the sky with three radios blowing up in my ears while trying…

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Meditation is Work: Strength

Contemplating the Origins of Power

Earlier we looked at weakness and how coming to grips with your bad habits and past failures can pave the way for an honest assessment of what we’re capable of. This is especially helpful in…

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Who is Doing the Programming?

A Meditation On Tribes, Scripting, and Taking Control

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A Guide to Suffering: Acknowledgement

Snap Out of It.

…I build a script for my mind to…
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Meditation is Work: Weakness

Coming to Terms with Your Inner Screw-Up.

Don’t worry; it’s just you in there. Settle yourself and find just one moment where you broke. Watch yourself from the…
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A Guide to Suffering: Anticipation

Programming the Machine

Anticipation requires its student to surrender pretension and hubris…
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Lessons from The Long Ride, Part 1

Origins of a Suffer Lab

As my training rides continued I began to see The Long Ride less in terms of exploration and more in terms of a deliberate assault…
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Lessons from The Long Ride, Part 2

Lighting Out

Continued from Part 1
There were people around me, sure, but in spite of some slight disorientation and an abrupt reacquaintance with…
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The Higher Purpose of Personal Growth

A Brief Meditation on Outcomes

In the humbling process of growing physically, mentally, and spiritually stronger we must reflect on the fact that we can pave a way for others to follow. Or maybe we can shine our own…

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Suffer Lab
This series of publications explores how we can grow while living though hard times and in uncomfortable spaces, especially the ones we deliberately create. Let’s study how we respond to physical exertion, moral challenges, and spiritual examination.
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