"I want to know what you ache for. I want to know if you will risk looking like a fool for love, for you dreams, for the adventure of being alive. I want to know if you can live with failure and still shout at the edges of a lake, river or mountain "Yes I am a warrior poet!" I want to know if you can get up after a night of grief and despair, wary and bruised to the bone and do what needs to be done for someone you love. I want to know if you can be alone with yourself and truly like the company you keep in the empty moments of your life. Unleash yourself upon the world and go places. Go now. Giggle, go, laugh, and bark at the moon like the wild dog that you are."
This is serious motivation. John Blais, the warrior poet, was diagnosed with ALS and then completed an Ironman. The next year, he wasn't around to witness the same race. He tells a great message through his story. A message that tells you why you put your body through the pounding, the pain, the product of your potential insanity.
"This is not a dress rehearsal. This is it. Your life. Face your fears and live your dreams. Take it all in. Yes, every chance you get. Come close. And by all means, whatever you do, GET IT ON FILM."
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