“I tell you I must go!”
Posted: April 11, 2013 Filed under: Random Workout | Tags: blogging, Boston Marathon, Charlotte Brontë, exercise, fitness, free range, freshly pressed, gluten free, happiness, health, hipster, hope, Jane Eyre, jogging, kindness, life, love, lululemon, marathon, meditation, motivation, musings, natural, paleo, passion, pilates, running, thoughts, trail running, walking, whole foods, WOD, yoga 6 Comments… I retorted, roused to something like passion. “Do you think I can stay to become nothing to you? Do you think I am an automaton?—a machine without feelings? and can bear to have my morsel of bread snatched from my lips, and my drop of living water dashed from my cup? Do you think, because I am poor, obscure, plain, and little, I am soulless and heartless? You think wrong!—I have as much soul as you,—and full as much heart! And if God had gifted me with some beauty and much wealth, I should have made it as hard for you to leave me, as it is now for me to leave you. I am not talking to you now through the medium of custom, conventionalities, nor even of mortal flesh;—it is my spirit that addresses your spirit; just as if both had passed through the grave, and we stood at God’s feet, equal,—as we are!”
– Charlotte Brontë – Jane Eyre
Notes:
A very inspiring, touching and important post is on tap tomorrow to celebrate the 117th running of the Boston Marathon. I hope you stop by, until then – take care and be well!
CultFit 
soulful quote. Love this novel. Have we come a long way?
Over the past year I have been revisiting books we were forced to read in high school. This powerful book has taken on a whole new meaning to me as an adult (used extremely loosely). I have been posting a lot about passion and personal trails of late and the power they have in our lives.
You ask a great question and my simple answer would be: No. Jane’s struggles are something we find even more today. Maybe not running off with a married man so much but rather blindly following passion and forgoing our moral and religious principles. Great topic of discussion!
Thank you for stopping over today, take care and have a great one!
*sighs dramatically* I love that quote. I love that book. I love the Bronte sisters.
I believe next up on the table stand is The Tenant of Wildfell Hall … So looking forward to falling in love with this book again 🙂
Good luck on your run!
I’ll pass your kind words onto Anne! Take care today and be well 🙂