About a year ago, one of my posts mentioned Juliana Buhring, an endurance cyclist with an amazing story: not too long after leaving the super-abusive cult (although aren't all cults abusive in some way?) in which she was raised, she decided to take up cycling and set a world record for cycling the world.
She then was featured in the Inspired to Ride documentary, which is where I first learned of her.
Last year for Christmas, I received the book she and her sisters wrote about the cult. This year, her book about cycling around the world.
The book mostly discusses the things she encountered on her ride, but includes some reflections. You can thank tonight's added meditation at yoga, perhaps, for my improved mood and calmness, which makes me think I should share this quote:
"Who am I? Nobody important, nobody special, nobody especially talented or athletic. I would never have known that I could cycle at all, much less cycle around the world, had I not gotten on a bike and tried. I often wonder just how much human potential lies unrealized and untapped, how much we are limited by our own fears as well as by social, cultural, religious, and self-imposed limitations. If we can break through those, how far might we go as individuals, as a species?"
I asked her a question, via Twitter, about a complimentary comment in her book about Americans, and she replied that human kindness is everywhere. Indeed, Juliana.
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