inspiration

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things that you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbor. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore. Dream. Discover." --Mark Twain

when i get to be 65 i want to be just like my friend john craun, aka stripbuilder.  today he is finishing the 300 mile watertribe florida everglades challenge, in first and only place in his solo kayak category.  the rest of the field did not finish.  he has braved and conquered high winds and waves, heat and a trip through the heart of the everglades to now put him just a few miles short of key largo's finish line.  when he finishes this afternoon he will have completed not one but two 300 mile florida races, two 100 mile north carolina challenges, and one 340 mile missouri river race (which would have been two were it not for me).  i got up yesterday and swam 1/2 mile and thought that was a workout.... how our perspectives change when we see we have so much more potential to succeed.  today i am renewed in thoughts of living every day with hope and determination.