April 2013 – Gayle Tabor

One Day – Two Day – Three Day – Four Day….Equals A Lifetime

2013/04/29 Gayle 0

A few weeks ago I picked up a book and skimmed a few pages. When I picked the book up I knew it really held no interest for me, I don’t really recall the name or who wrote it. The title was something like “What’s it like to be married to me?” I am very certain I do not wish to know the answer to this question – so, why read the book! However, in my short perusal, I encountered an idea that so perfectly dove-tailed with something I have been thinking and meditating on for most of this year – allow me to share. The story in the book invites you to imagine that 30 years in the future you are attending a funeral. The rest of the story

Pushmi-Pullyu (The Importance of a Training Partner)

2013/04/08 Gayle 1

I love animals. It is a fact known by virtually everyone I meet (perhaps it’s the over abundance of dog hair on my clothing that gives me away – for the record I try to limit it but it just keeps coming back). So it probably comes as no surprise I loved the character of Doctor Dolittle in a series of children’s books by Hugh Lofting and later in movies. In the book, as in the original movie, there are many unusual animals. One in particular always caught my attention – The pushmi-pullyu (pronounced “push-me—pull-you”) a “gazelle-unicorn cross” which has two heads (one of each) at opposite ends of its body. I can imagine nothing that quite demonstrates the true difficulties of cooperation more than the concept of two heads The rest of the story

New Adventure (Marathon) Needs New Toys

2013/04/05 Gayle 0

A few weeks ago I received an email notification from Klout. The notification offered to give me a klout perk. Now, I have gotten these notifications before and mostly ignored them. However, this perk was for something that very much interested me – A Sony Walkman W! Now, don’t get me wrong I love my iPod. I love the versatility of that little 8gb music machine – it works in my car, it works to feed the music in my house and it’s portable. But the thing it doesn’t do well is workout with me. I am forever untangling wires. I position them and reposition them. Invariably during some position of my workout I drop the ipod and scramble to grab it before it hits The rest of the story

Who You Are Is What You Do Everyday

2013/04/02 Gayle 1

The Difference between Who You Are and Who You Want to be is What You Do. I stumbled upon this quote recently. I’m not exactly sure where or from whom. It resonated with me. It resonated so much that I wrote it on my blotter – I wanted to keep it close – to be reminded. As I am training for what I am calling my EPIC QUEST (walking a marathon – that’s 26.2 miles folks), I have a certain amount of solitary walking time. Time to think. Time to ponder. On one of those recent walks I decided I needed to add a word to the quote. I needed to add the word EVERYDAY. The one thing I am learning from The rest of the story