On Attitude

ON ATTITUDE
At ten minutes to seven on a dark, cool evening in Mexico City in 1968, John Stephen Arkwari of Tanzania painfully hobbled into the Olympic stadium, the last to finish the marathon.The winner had already been crowned, and the victory ceremony was long finished. So the stadium was almost as empty as Arkwari, alone, his leg bloody and bandaged, struggled to circle the track to the finish line. The respected documentary film-maker, Bud Greenspan, watched from a distance. Then, intrigued, Bud walked over to Arkwari and asked why he had continued the gruelling struggle to the finish line even after the injury.The young man from TANZANIA answered softly, “My country did not send me nine thousand miles to start the race. They sent me nine thousand miles to finish the race.”Effort is a commitment to seeing a task through to the end, not just until we get tired of it"

Each day is a new canvas to paint upon. Make sure your picture is full of life and happiness,
and at the end of the day you don’t look at it and wish you had painted something different.

Great Day Ahead.