“Life isn’t a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in a well preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways, chocolate in one hand, latte in the other, body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming ‘Woohoo WHAT A RIDE’!” Author unknown

  

Am I still swimming?  Am I still training?  Am I still working?

Am I still dreaming of crazy exploits?  Am I still drinking coffee?

Am I still eating chocolate? Is my body still being used up?

Am I still on a journey? Am I still physically disabled?

Am I still alive?

Those are easy questions to answer, and it only takes one word….YES.

I was wondering the other day about my future and what exactly it holds. Let’s say I had to write a letter to my future self what would I say.

Have you ever wondered that or ever thought what is it that you still need to do in this life and what do you dream about.

At present I am really silently training away with one goal in mind. I still have no idea if I will reach my dream of swimming at the Paralympics, but one thing I do still know, I AM STILL ALIVE, I am still swimming, I am still training, I am still working, I am still dreaming of crazy exploits, I am still drinking coffee, I am still eating chocolate, my body is still being used up and I am still on a journey, I am still disabled but I am alive.

Are you still…………………riding this journey of life full force into your future?

Are you still…………………following your own dreams?

Are you still…………………alive?

If I can say YES to my questions you can say YES to yours. Finish the race you started or begin to make the race count and finish in full force, skidding in sideways, hands held high, and thoroughly used up in every possible way

“I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith” 2 Timothy 4:7

"I wouldn't say anything is impossible. I think that everything is possible as long as you put your mind to it and put the work and time into it". 

Michael Phelps