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I'll never forget years ago when my husband and I took our children to watch an ultra-athlete.
Our children climbed the short wall to watch a man with a perfect athletic body, on the perfect bike cycling circles on a bike track round, and round, and round, and round, and round, and round.
This athlete spent his life, neglecting his family, seeking no good work to do in the world, but going round, and round, and round, and round on his fancy bike, in his fancy bike pants. He was very impressed with himself.
I was just as impressed with him as I am with the really good roller rink dude in the flashy pants who could do that really hard spiny thing.
There is another ultra athlete that actually impresses me. Casey O'leary. She spoke at the library at 7pm on gardening and seeds. Her perfectly tuned energetic body continued into late in the evening as she taught a roomful of gardeners about saving seeds. She accomplished this feat after spending a long day in the hot sun in her CSA garden.
The definition of "doing something in vain" is to put a ton of effort into a whole lot of unproductive crap. Vanities!
Yeah, Go ahead and run a marathon now and then if you feel the need. But remember, the world has enough work to do to save it.
There is just so much that needs to be done!! Time for Forest to finish running, and start doing something of worth to others.
Go ahead and get your gold medals, then get to work.
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