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Excerpt – Getting to Tennessee

Excerpt Week - "It's Not About the Miles"

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Here’s another excerpt from “It’s Not About the Miles”

Getting to Tennessee

“If you know the enemy and know yourself you need not fear the results of a hundred battles.”

~ Sun Tzu

I hadn’t been on a road trip in over a year. In fact, I bragged that in the entire 15-16 months of the pandemic I had to fill my car’s gas tank only three times. Now I was going to drive 1000 miles there and 1000 miles back.

The little kid in me took over, which helped make the time go by. Depending on where you’re from, you may or may not know about Buc-ee’s. They are a chain of travel centers with locations in Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Kentucky, and Florida – and more to come! They are massive, but most importantly, they have the cleanest bathrooms you’ve ever seen at a roadside travel area. And food galore! I stopped in every one I came across and my google maps route took me past many of them. Since my bladder was happy, my body said “thank you.”

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Excerpt – Your Why

Excerpt Week For "It's Not About The Miles"

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Two more 99 cent days – thanks again to the great folks who have left reviews!!! I am so appreciative! Pick up “It’s Not About The Miles” today!
Today’s excerpt is about “The Why” – enjoy and reflect:
The WHY
“The goal is not simply for you to cross the finish line, but to see how many people you can inspire to run with you.”
~ Simon Sinek
The question that everyone always asks is “Why do you do this? Why do you put yourself through this? Are you a masochist?” Or some variation on this theme. Most of us can’t answer this question. I am one of those who couldn’t really answer it though, in the beginning, I would try to come up with some lame reason. The stares I got in return were humorous and eventually I just stopped answering.
I was well into writing this book, however, when it came to me. This race reflects so much of my life (I suspect that of other journeymen too). It’s about relationships – relationships with other people, with Mother Earth and all her components, such as terrain and weather, with time, with distance, and maybe, most important, is the relationship with ourselves.
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Today’s Excerpt – Some Basic Life Lessons

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Here’s an excerpt from the 14 basic life lessons (but there are so many more throughout the book):
14 Basic Life Lessons
I have included what I call life lessons in each section of this book – a sentence or two to help you navigate this difficult world (especially right now since at the time I’m writing we’re still in the middle of the pandemic). There are a lot of them. If we don’t learn from our experiences, then why have them? If I can help you with what I have found out in all these years – even if it’s just one lesson – I will have achieved my goal. Here are 14 basic lessons to start you off. There are many more throughout the book – one pearl of experience (I’m hesitant to say ‘wisdom’) per section.
Lesson 1
So, perhaps that is my first life lesson for you. When you have a mission, it’s a part of you ingrained in your being. Sometimes you take a long time to recognize what that mission is, but you will find it. For me, it was becoming a doctor. Nothing could derail me, although the universe tried many times. It took me 3 attempts to get into medical school and I just kept trying. I didn’t have a clue what else to do except to keep applying. I just HAD to be a doctor, whatever it took. My ultimate mission is to touch people, care for them, and influence them positively. This is something I can still do even when not practicing medicine.