Wednesday, August 19, 2009

I Just Had To Post This Too!

This is one of the most inspiring videos I've seen in a while and it's not an ad for Nike, Ironman or some company, which makes it even better in my book. Check it out.



For anyone who doesn't already know, I DNF'd my first Ironman race in 2006. Thanks to SpokaneAl and Michelle Sidles for posting it.

19 comments:

Maria said...

nice...gave me goosebumps. and if failing = living...then i've lived a lot!!

Marlene said...

Awesome awesome video! Thanks for sharing!

Missy said...

I love that! Here's the thing that worries me, though. THESE days, everyone doesn't want to keep score so kids don't get their feelings hurt or have them fail??? YOU HAVE TO FAIL, you're NOT good at everything all the time. HOW THE HELL would you ever get better at something?

Love the clip...!!!

Stef0115 said...

Thanks so much for posting this Shirley! I just put it on my Facebook profile/home page!

Gotta Run..... said...

Love it... watched it twice.

Regina said...

love, love, love that! There is hope for me yet.

I try so hard to instill in my son the virtues of not giving up, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

Unknown said...

"if you've never failed, you've never lived."

love it!

DaveP said...

I agree that life is a risk. But what they didn't say was if you don't believe in yourself, you will never accept any risk and, therefore, never archive anything. That's why toeing the line is only for those willing to to succeed by believing in themselves.

jen said...

Awesome!

Unknown said...

Wow, thanks for the inspiration.

Sherry said...

Woah... that video is GREAT!!!!! Thanks for sharing!

Smithposts... said...

Thanks for the video! It is definitely something I will watch again and again. Taking risks is essential for growth but it's so easy to get caught up in the safe!

The Alien said...

Awesome video! Thanks for posting it

Irish Blue said...

I absolutely love this! I tell my kids this all the time too. Don't fear failure - fear never trying anything new, or risky, or difficult. Fear never living!

Formulaic said...

Awesome video. Thanks for sharing

Bruce Stewart (施樸樂) said...

Encouraging words. I've felt such a failure recently as I had so much work come my way that I just cannot seem to get it done, and my swimming has been slower than usual.

lizzie lee said...

Thanks for the VIDEO!!! Amazing... As Maria said, it gave me goosebumps...

Thanks for sharing... I will feel better whenever I fail. And you DNF'd in 2006, and look where you are at....

MarathonChris said...

Loved the video. I have a saying posed in my office - "Risk taking is inherently failure prone, otherwise it would be called 'sure thing taking'."

Fe-lady said...

Put a helmet on that kid! (Or does he like to be more of a TBI risk?)