Source: What I Talk About When I Talk About Running
“I was doing something I'd never done before. And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?”
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Elizabeth Gilbert
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Eat, Pray, Love
Variant: And what will I be able to do tomorrow that I cannot yet do today?
Source: Eat, Pray, Love
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