Things you learn as you go along

26Sep11

Do not be a person who only sacrifices, and do not be one who only gives. Understand what it means to accept from someone else what they have to give, and to recognize when it is offered.

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or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Barbell

04Sep11

I suppose that I have just always been a little bit fat, and in elementary school, girls who are a little bit fat don’t get picked first for kickball teams at recess (or picked second, or fifth, or even next-to-last). Me? Everyone knew I was chubby, clumsy, and a nerd. So I was never team [...]

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