Sarah McCartan

When to lead and when to follow?

You may lose what would have been the joy of the experience had you not been so focused on some fabricated idea or unrealistic expectation you had of how it was going to turn out.

I grew up with running more than I grew up with anything else.

“I used to be afraid of failing at something that really mattered to me, but now I’m more afraid of succeeding at things that don’t matter.”

My mom has believed in me since the moment I flew out of the womb to greet the daylight.

Patience is a virtue. And I will never have enough.

There’s no perfect path for your life that you have yet to uncover. You simply must “do you.” This takes endless sacrifice and a hell of a lot of heart.

We put on band-aids to cover up failures, to hide battle scars, to mask heartache.

It is here you will find that there is no background music to fade in and save you, that will swoop down and lend a helping hand to soften the blow or glamorize your experiences.

I want to see you wake up every morning.