Carole Radziwill Quotes

My favorite part of running is the thinking time.

It's important that I get time to run, to just go for a jog for about 30 minutes. It helps with my voice, but it also kind of gives me a little bit of time to myself - and you get to see a city.

I personally think that's incredibly therapeutic to just be alone in your own thoughts and not be freaking out.

I've run 350 days a year for 20-plus years, and never once have I listened to music. It's a time for me to think, listen to natural sounds, be outside.

The great thing about running is that you can get away to your own thoughts and get in a little bubble.

The reason I really started running was for meditative purposes. I would pick some problem to have in my head while running.

I learned that working out gives me a space to get clear. It's not just about the body. It gives me space to process things and get clear in my mind about decisions and things I want to do.

Being alone & actually sitting with our own thoughts can lead to such growth and realizations that are rare in our everyday busy lives.

To me, there is no greater way to achieve clarity than to run alone, or share miles with a trusted friend.

Running is very spiritual for me. It is therapeutic; it clears my mind and helps me to focus.

I feel so good after a workout. Any time you can be alone with yourself is really important.

My morning runs have become one of the only times I have during the week to reflect and take stock.

As a writer, I spend a lot of time alone, and I like it. I'm also a long-distance runner, and I love long, solo road trips; I can drive literally all night, drinking coffee, and not even listening to the radio, just strangely content sifting through the random thoughts in my own head.

Quiet time and solitude are vital to helping me keep perspective. I consider myself fortunate to have so much quiet built into my profession. I spend long hours by myself at my easel. And while I work, I think-of the future, of my loved ones, of God's goodness and the many exciting opportunities that surround me. I ponder the challenges I face, the needs of others, the direction my life is going.

But for me I think it's just about taking that time of reflection and contemplation. That's probably my process in every decision that I make: to make sure that I spend time just with myself, and really times of silence and mediation to go through that process; and music is a big part of that as well.

What we really have to do is take a day and sit down and think. The world is not going to end or fall apart. Jobs won't be lost. Kids will not run crazy in one day. Lovers won't stop speaking to you. Husbands and wives are not going to disappear. Just take that one day and think. Don't read. Don't write. No television, no radio, no distractions. Sit down and think. . . . Go sit in a church, or in the park, or take a long walk and think. Call it a healing day.

If you spend enough time with yourself in silence, you'll be surprised what goes through your head.

Running is how I clear my head and find my center again.

One thing I love to do when I'm working out is take my watch off, take my heart strap off, and just run - not for time, not for exertion, but just to get the blood flowing.

Running started as a way of relaxing. It's the only time I have to myself. No phones or e-mails or faxes.

Running gives you a great opportunity to work stuff out in your head.

Running fills a need so we make fewer demands on others. Running reveals the roots of negative thinking, so the weeds can be pulled. Running reconnects the soul to the source, inspiring hope and creativity.

One of the greatest necessities in America is to discover creative solitude.

If you travel too often, you actually come face-to-face with what you're trying to escape. I feel like when I travel alone, sometimes it's like being locked in a hotel room with my own worst enemy.

I think I have some of my clearest thoughts when I'm out running.