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Bruce Lee had me up to three miles a day, really at a good pace. We’d run the three miles in twenty-one or twenty-two minutes. Just under eight minutes a mile [Note: when running on his own in 1968, Lee would get his time down to six-and-a half minutes per mile]. So this morning he said to me “We’re going to go five.” I said, “Bruce, I can’t go five. I’m a helluva lot older than you are, and I can’t do five.” He said, “When we get to three, we’ll shift gears and it’s only two more and you’ll do it.” I said “Okay, hell, I’ll go for it.” So we get to three, we go into the fourth mile and I’m okay for three or four minutes, and then I really begin to give out. I’m tired, my heart’s pounding, I can’t go any more and so I say to him, “Bruce if I run any more,” –and we’re still running-”if I run any more I’m liable to have a heart attack and die.” He said, “Then die.” It made me so mad that I went the full five miles. Afterward I went to the shower and then I wanted to talk to him about it. I said, you know, “Why did you say that?” He said, “Because you might as well be dead. Seriously, if you always put limits on what you can do, physical or anything else, it’ll spread over into the rest of your life. It’ll spread into your work, into your morality, into your entire being. There are no limits. There are plateaus, but you must not stay there, you must go beyond them. If it kills you, it kills you. A man must constantly exceed his level.”](http://25.media.tumblr.com/fee8cc9ca8f062efbb85861a8f0e5ab2/tumblr_mgideaCyyT1s1s9jvo1_250.jpg)
I’ve been avoiding saying the truth,
Because I know the truth will hurt.
I didn’t want it to go like this,
I wanted us to work.
But this doesn’t feel right,
When we talk we always fight.
I know I need to let go,
I just don’t know how to let you know.
And then there comes a time where you step back and see all that needs to be put aside.
All the things that are calling for you to grow become louder, and you can continue to run from them or you can stop and say, “I may not be ready, but I’m going to give my best,” because you’re ready to try.
I have been going from 0 to pissed in no time flat lately.
I could attribute it to any number of things but that’s not what’s important. I need to calm down. I need to take control. I need to relax. I need to find enjoyment out of everyday life again…
But I really just want to graduate already, this place is stressful.
VERY worth the watch. This lays out our responsibility to end overfishing perfectly.
05.23.12 @ 23:36♥60
She’s a star in the sky,
The Ocean that shines so blue.
She’s a reason for the smile on my face,
It’s like she just walked in, pointed my way, and said “I choose you”.
My life has been good,
And she’s come to make it better.
I’m really feeling ready for us to be something…
Together.
Can look beyond your outward presentation. Her eyes, almost as though they were stones, thrown through the glass veil of yourself. Only to land in your heart. Her eyes ignite an unprepared spark within your heart. A seconds glance lasts for minutes. You feel yourself caught in a dumbfounded smirk. She just made your day by smiling back as she walked by, and you don’t even know her name.
02.13.12 @ 18:45♥50833
