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I found myself reading one of those small 5x5 paper magazine pamphlets the other day like a Readers Digest only with Christian inspired stories. One story was about a woman who had to take wheat out of her diet to combat her migraine headaches. The story had some recipes too. I am so glad I have allergy issues over migraine headaches btw. The next story was about a family who bought a tugboat and would sail around up to Alaska with their three kids. They made soup with lentils, onions, carrots, celery and sausage. They all loved it and called it tugboat soup. One day all that sausage caught up with the dad though and he needed a triple bypass. I have pretty much stopped all eating of sausage btw. So now they make a healthy version of the soup. This story came with recipes too.

I told myself I needed to go get a book the other day or I would continue to read that crazy little pamphlet. So after much deliberation, I almost picked Into The Wild again by Krakuer, but read one review on Amazon that just sealed the deal for this book.


The first chapter confirmed my hopes of choosing this book as it was just awesome. The opening scene is with Agassi laying on the floor in a fetal ball unable to get up, body full of pain and discomfort, mind full of confusion and anxiety. It reminded me of a story from RW I had read about Meb Keflezighi who won the 2009 NYC marathon. That was a big deal for American marathoners. Meb has been struggling with success and failure a lot the last few years as well. In 2007, he finished the NYC marathon in a massive crash of pain learning that his close friend, Ryan Shay had died during the race. Meb was laid up for days in a hotel. This man that professionally runs could barely crawl those few days. He just dragged himself on the floor across the room. I'm not a professional anything these days, but sometimes I wonder if I'm living too comfortably.