In all the world, there is no one else exactly like me. Everything that comes out of me is authentically mine because I alone chose it. I won everything about me. My body, my feelings, my mouth, my voice. All my actions. Whether they be to others or to myself - I own all my triumphs and successes. All my failures and mistakes - because I own all of me. I can become intimately acquainted with me. By so doing I can love me and be friendly with me and all my parts. I know there are aspects about myself that puzzle me and other aspects that I do not know - but as long as I am friendly and loving to myself, I can courageously and hopefully look for solutions to puzzles and for ways to find out more about me. However I look and sound...Whatever I say and do... And whatever I think and feel at a given moment in time is authentically me. If later some parts of how I look looked, sounded, thought and felt turn out to be unfitting, I can discard that which is unfitting. Keep the rest. And invent something new for that which I discarded. I can see, hear, feel, think, say and do. I have tools to survive. To be close to others. To be productive and to make sense and order out of the world of people and things outside of me. I own me and therefore, I can engineer me.
I am me and I am okay
- Anonymous
The above was sent to me by Susanne Hobson Navas. Susanne sends out words of encouragement every day as “daily thoughts”. People like Susanne and countless others have come into my life via this journey. It's amazing what can happen if you allow people and good things into your world. Of course, you have to want this sort of thing in your life, and to be ready to receive. Not so easy I know.
I can’t begin to put into words my emotions right now. I am so ready to “toe the line” this coming Sunday. I have no doubts, no concerns at all. I fully respect the task at hand; the distance and the magnitude of what I am trying to do. However, I have amazing confidence that I’ve completed the training at the highest level of effort and intensity that I can muster. All of the milestones have been achieved. The rest is up to me and I will not be satisfied unless I lay it out there complete with nothing left to spare.
There will be ample time to walk through all the deserved “thank you's” to my supporting cast. No endeavor such as this is ever possible unless from the grace of God, amazing people can propel you. I have such a life and for that I am forever grateful!
My running shoes will have four items written on them facing for the marathon portion, Bella (my Daughter) Mark (my Son), Marlene (my hero and Mother) and God(which is private).
Here are the race links:
http://www.ironmanusa.com/
http://www.ironmancenter.com/participants/index.php
http://ironman.com/
http://www.ironmanusa.com/2009IMLPAI.pdf
The race for tracking purposes will start at 7:00AM on Sunday, July 26th in Lake Placid NY. This will be my last post and tweet on this until after the race. It's race week!
My bid number is 1050
Body marking at 5:00AM
Race at 7:00AM
Go deep in all that you do!
Mark Scribner
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