I looked up at the clear blue sky and said, “It goes on forever. And forever is expanding?”

Maybe it was the brisk, misty air and the fact that nobody was on the trail.

I was mentally and physically exhausted. I felt broken.

“You did good today,” I said to myself.

The body anticipates and adjusts its energy use according to environmental demands.

I do not like the idea of happiness—it is too momentary.

The hard part comes in that fraction of a second between thought and word-vomit.

A gem cannot be polished without friction.

In 2004, I worked a delivery job. It was very physical work, and one day I hurt my back on the job.