"It always seems impossible," said Nelson Mandela, "until it's done."
Today is the 121st Boston Marathon, the oldest marathon in the world, inspired by the first marathon competition in the 1896 Olympic Games. It now attracts about 30,000 runners, but the first time it attracted just 18. The one thing they all had in common? They were men.
"As we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same," said Marianne Williamson. "As we are liberated from our own fear, our presence automatically liberates others."
"You throw like a girl!" was one of my dad's favorite jokes when I was a kid. He coached my brother and me equally, so it was meant to be ironic. In fact, I was often under the illusion that I wasn't a girl at all.
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