Crawl, Walk, Jog or Run

The 2018 Winter Olympics have come to an end and the torch has been passed toward the future. I was reading some Olympic history and this story stood out to me: Long after the crowd had left and the cameras had moved, a lone runner entered the stadium to complete the 26-mile-long marathon in the 1968 Mexico City Olympics.  Injured earlier in the race during a fall, he stumbled along, more than an hour after the others had finished.  Hurling himself to the finish line, John Stephen Akhwari of Tanzania finished dead last. But before you judge him as a loser, take careful heed of the words he uttered when asked why he did not quit earlier when he had been injured. “my country did not send me 7,000 miles to start the race.  They  sent me 7,000 miles to finish it” With Spring around the corner, some of you are using today to set the tone for a new journey. We all take on our own personal marathons – that word alone can be intimidating yet if you live today to its fullest and are truly present and mindful of each minute in it, the finish line is closer than you think. Self-doubters, overthinkers, overanalyzers use caution as you may fail to notice that you've actually crossed your finish line and missed all the magic along the way. Whether we crawl, walk, jog or run - each of us will cross our finish line. There is no hurry or rush. You are on your own journey so take your time. Don’t wait until after you cross it to celebrate the small steps to success along the way – Sometimes “one day at a time” is “one step at a time”. Now go out there and make it a great day for yourself ~