Work= Change, Change= Heroes= Heroes= Inspiration, Inspiration= ?

   Have you ever been so confident that you knew that any test you took, you could pass, or any problem that had confronted you, you could solve? Laying in bed this morning I began to think about April 17th. I started to think about the finish line, and the day after I cross the finish line. I though about  how much I have changed since the day I started training for the half iron man and how much I will have changed by the time I cross the finish line and how crossing the finish line will effect me. We all think about a lot of things as we lay in bed. CHANGE is what I think about the most. When I get up to put my contacts in and brush my teeth I see a young man in the mirror who strives for something bigger than what he ever thought he would be. I see a young man who strives to love the right ways, a man who strives to forgive, and a man that tries his best to be less selfish and care for others. Although I fall short of the expectations I have for myself every day, I still try. I believe that WORK does equal CHANGE. If a young man like me can do a half iron man, imagine what we as people can accomplish in a lifetime with a little hard work.
     My Dad called me the other night asking me to watch a program on Tim Tebow. He said he trained hard and  thought it would interest me. Soon after I turned on the television and started watching. I was amazed by Tebow's work ethic, he truly is an amazing athlete but the thing that I thought was inspirational was not anything physical nor was it how hard he worked. There was a part in the documentary when Tebow went to visit a kid that was playing with a gun with his friends and accidentally shot himself in the head. I found it kind of strange that he went to visit this kid in the first place.... but I kept watching. Tim met the child and his family who was in a wheel chair with a big bandage on his head and spent some time hanging out with them. The thing I thought to be the most amazing was when Tebow asked the family if he could pray with them. To me that was inspirational.    

Today's workout= warm up 10 min - 8 mile run- cool down 10 min.

“Prayer is not asking. It is a longing of the soul. It is daily admission of one's weakness. It is better in prayer to have a heart without words than words without a heart.” - Gandhi