{"id":27,"date":"2009-06-18T09:34:00","date_gmt":"2009-06-18T09:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/wordpress\/uncategorized\/an-inspirational-quote-for-today-scott-stoll\/"},"modified":"2010-03-19T15:31:17","modified_gmt":"2010-03-19T22:31:17","slug":"an-inspirational-quote-for-today-scott-stoll","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/lifestyle-design\/an-inspirational-quote-for-today-scott-stoll\/","title":{"rendered":"An inspirational quote for today &#8211; Scott Stoll"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo alignright\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.idealistcafe.com\/images\/uploaded\/books\/falling-uphill-scott-stoll.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Falling Uphill<br \/>by Scott Stoll<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the last two months or so I have slowly been reading my way through <a href=\"http:\/\/theargonauts.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">Scott Stoll&#8217;s<\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/0615230458?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=idealistcafe-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=0615230458\">book, Falling Uphill<\/a><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=idealistcafe-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0615230458\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.  It is quite an enjoyable and inspirational book, and the fact that&#8217;s it&#8217;s been taking me so long to read it actually bodes well for the book, ironically enough.  I find that if I am enjoying a book, I tend to take it slow because I am not ready to be done with it.  The exception to this rule is for novels that end each chapter with a cliffhanger, in those cases I have been known to sit and read for hours.<\/p>\n<p>In Scott&#8217;s book, there is plenty of substance, and quite a bit that gets you thinking about life.  I particularly enjoyed the following quote of his, and wanted to share it with you.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>I like the challenge of cycling up a mountain: breathing hard, my body burning, and the feeling of peace when I reach the top: sweat being whisked away by the wind, watching the lizards scuttle, listening to the birds sing, sitting on a rock, the whole world spinning beneath me. That&#8217;s what I enjoy most in life.  I want to walk through the world barefoot, as if I were a child again, letting the leaves of grass tickle my toes even if my feet get dirty.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>As I mentioned last week, if you know of any inspirational blogs, websites, or stories, please share them with me.  I am always interested in reading and promoting stories that inspire.<\/p>\n<p>Also, <a href=\"http:\/\/theargonauts.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">check out Scott&#8217;s blog here<\/a>, as well as his <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/scottstoll\" target=\"_blank\">twitter<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"photo excerpt alignleft\"><img src=\"http:\/\/www.idealistcafe.com\/images\/uploaded\/books\/falling-uphill-scott-stoll.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Falling Uphillby Scott Stoll<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>For the last two months or so I have slowly been reading my way through Scott Stoll&#8217;s book, Falling Uphill<img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.assoc-amazon.com\/e\/ir?t=idealistcafe-20&amp;l=as2&amp;o=1&amp;a=0615230458\" width=\"1\" height=\"1\" border=\"0\" alt=\"\" style=\"border:none !important; margin:0px !important;\" \/>.  It is quite an enjoyable and inspirational book, and the fact that&#8217;s it&#8217;s been taking me so long to read it actually bodes well for the book, ironically enough.  I find that if I am enjoying a book, I tend to take it slow because I am not ready to be done with it.  The exception to this rule is for novels that end each chapter with a cliffhanger, in those cases I have been known to sit and read for hours.<\/p>\n<p>In Scott&#8217;s book, there is plenty of substance, and quite a bit that gets you thinking about life.  I particularly enjoyed the following quote of his, [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/lifestyle-design\/an-inspirational-quote-for-today-scott-stoll\/\" style=\"font-weight:bold;font-style:italic;\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><br \/>[<span style=\"font-style:italic;font-size:.9em;\">links and styling have been removed in the excerpt, read more to see complete content<\/span>]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[152],"tags":[48,49,50,237],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=27"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":434,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27\/revisions\/434"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/idealistcafe.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}