this is an answer from the Q&A blog. feel free to ask more! 🙂
Question: What is the greatest thing you learned about yourself on the Race?
Answer: I really can go a week (or two) without showering!
Ok, I'll be serious. I learned a lot. Most of it the hard way.
I learned that I have to love the unlovable, and in doing so, I realized I'm the unlovable one.
I learned the value of discipline and endurance coupled with our commandment of joy.
I learned that I will never love chacos and will always feel better when I'm well dressed.
I learned that I have to learn things and then live them or I'll have to learn them again.
A lot of what I learned was less about me and more about people / the world- physically and spiritually / God.
But really, at the end of the day, it's less about what I learned and more about the fact that I'm still learning, even now that I'm back home. And, lucky me, now I get to share that with people here over coffee instead of waiting till I get internet to post it in a blog! 🙂
If you're reading this and in the DC area and still curious… let's grab coffee!
