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This reminds me of a past president of AERC (and I cannot think of his name 
at the moment) who tried Tevis 11 times before he actually finished.  That 
takes a certain degree of persistence!

Barbara

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bruce Weary" <bweary@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <ridecamp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, July 06, 2008 8:07 AM
Subject: [RC] LD


>  I agree with Joe that *any* distance at any given time with any given 
> rider or horse can be a challenge, even a supreme one. And the pride in 
> each accomplishment comes from the doing, not the labeling or awarding or 
> recognizing.
>   My mother, who is a very wise woman, taught us as children that we can 
> always do better, and for some fortunate reason, that sunk in. Whenever I 
> seem to think that I can't do something that is important to me, I simply 
> visualize someone who has far greater handicaps, and is doing far greater 
> things than I am. My neighbor has climbed Mt. Everest, and it took him 
> three times to make it. On one good leg, and one prosthetic leg. A 
> paraplegic supporting friend of his climbed to the 17,000 foot summit to 
> cheer him on, on his hands and knees.
>   I saw a guy on tv who had no legs whatsoever. He just sits on his 
> pelvis. And I watched a documentary of him doing a 
> marathon..............on his fists. It took him two days, and he slept on 
> the sidewalk when it was time to rest.
>  Paralyzed people sit in a wheelchair, and with a pencil in their mouth, 
> type out a living on a computer. The list goes on.
>  The reasons we often give ourselves as to why we can't do a 25, or a 50 
> or a 100, are invalidated by these people. I choose to think that's why 
> they're here. To indirectly remind us of what we are truly capable of, 
> when we give up our excuses and get out of our own way. Try a 50 or 100 if 
> you haven't. You will be changed just for the trying, and rejuvenated when 
> you succeed.  Bruce Weary
>
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