In Control of Choice. In Search of Growth.

Nov 24, 2016

Sketches of Cyclocross №2

The Throttles of My Own Suffering

“This is the category 5 race. If you are not a category 5 racer and you’re on the grid right now you’re sandbagging”, the official announced in a loud voice. “This race will last…

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Jan 29, 2017

A Guide to Suffering: Acknowledgement

Snap Out of It.

…I build a script for my mind to…

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Jan 21, 2017

A Guide to Suffering: Anticipation

Programming the Machine

Anticipation requires its student to surrender pretension and hubris…

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Feb 14, 2017

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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Jan 15, 2017

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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Feb 1, 2017

Who is Doing the Programming?

A Meditation On Tribes, Scripting, and Taking Control

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Nov 22, 2016

Sketches of Cyclocross №1

Everything that is Before

It’s a little before 5:30 on a Saturday morning and I’m just outside of Manassas, Virginia driving west in my Tacoma on I-66. It’s excruciatingly cold outside and I’ve got the heater cranked up all the way. Cold air…

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Jan 14, 2017

This is Suffer Lab

Welcome to the Instructive Power of Suffering

… we curl our fingers firmly around the throttles of our own risk tolerance and suffering. If we’re doing it right, we can…

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Jan 20, 2017

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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Mar 9, 2017

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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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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