TO ALL THE WINNERS December 14 2016, 0 Comments
TO ALL THE WINNERS
So, your race is nearly over and the end of 2016 races towards us with blinding speed and ferocious certainty. Ahead lies the line across your path that sighs “finish”. You know that somewhere beyond that point, there will be a reward, something to say that you made it and can finally recuperate. Is it the gold that dangles, calling you to finish strong even though you are all but spent? Is it a silver trophy, raised and shining, shouting for you that you made it? Or, perhaps it’s a beautiful bronze medal that says you are the best you can be so keep going so that you will wear me with pride? Well done all participants, without whom there would be no race at all!
This post is dedicated to all the winners! This includes you who started the year with great plans and as you watched them unfold, somehow, your race track was diverted and you had to start again. It’s dedicated to you who were pipped at the post, yet ran with all your might, the best race of your life. It is most certainly dedicated to you who felt that the year was running faster than usual and you were just a spectator this time. You are winners because you share the most important achievement – life, and running all the way. Well done!
In a matter of a few blurred days, it will be New Year and so much of last year will be unwritten history. It will be time to take aim and think about the future, 2017. How will you run and what will be your goal – bronze, silver or gold? Resolutions will abound; promises even more so. What will be your plan? Perhaps it is unfair to ask you the questions now but can I leave you with this: What would you attempt if you knew you could not fail? Maybe it’s about trying something a little different and exciting so that 2017 does not feel too much like 2016. Whatever, may you enjoy this time of goodwill and recreation with good friends and family, wherever you find yourself running, or jogging, or just strolling along your path of joy.