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Runner Things #239
Posted on 23 Sep, 2011
![Runner Things #239: People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist on it, sometimes even travel the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly. - Elizabeth Gilbert. - Elizabeth Gilbert - fb,running](http://fuelrunning.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/2014/01/20140923-1500.jpg)
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People tend to think that happiness is a stroke of luck, something that will descend like fine weather if you're fortunate. But happiness is the result of personal effort. You fight for it, strive for it, insist on it, sometimes even travel the world looking for it. You have to participate relentlessly. - Elizabeth Gilbert. - Elizabeth Gilbert
Books by Elizabeth Gilbert
![Big Magic : Creative Living Beyond Fear - by Elizabeth Gilbert](bookimages/Big-Magic.jpg)
Big Magic
Creative Living Beyond Fear![The Signature of All Things : - by Elizabeth Gilbert](bookimages/The-Signature-Of-All-Things.jpg)
The Signature of All Things
![Eat, Pray, Love : - by Elizabeth Gilbert](bookimages/Eat-Pray-Love.jpg)
Eat, Pray, Love