WELL DIANA NYAD FINALLY MADE THE SWIM FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA NONE STOP..... AN UNBELIEVABLE TWO DAYS AND TWO NIGHTS.
APPARENTLY SHE DREAMED OF DOING IT FROM AGE 8. AND SHE FINALLY ON HER 5TH TRY, DID IT AT AGE 64.
YES YOU SAW IT RIGHT....AGED 64!!
NOW OF COURSE SHE HAD TO HAVE BEEN IN GREAT PHYSICAL STRENGTH OF BODY AND MIND. AND SHE WOULD HAVE DONE EVERYTHING TO PREPARE HERSELF FOR IT.
I DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHY SOMEONE WOULD WANT TO DO SUCH A THING, BUT ..... WE'LL PUT THAT TO ONE SIDE; WHAT SHE SAID IS IMPORTANT, "YOU HAVE A DREAM.... YOU NEED TO GO FOR IT, AND COUNT THE BABY-BOOMERS IN. IT'S NEVER TOO LATE."
WELL I CAN AGREE IT'S NEVER TOO LATE, TO A POINT. BUT AGE IN SOME THINGS .... WELL IT IS TOO LATE. I MEAN YOUR BODY WITHIN ANY AGE GROUP MEANS SOME THINGS YOU REALIZE ARE OUT OF THE PARK FOR YOU. USING SOME LOGIC AND THAT IS A GIVEN.
BUT FOR DIANA IT WAS OBVIOUSLY STILL WITHIN THE "GO FOR IT" ZONE, AND SHE DID, AND GOT IT, ACROSS FROM CUBA TO FLORIDA SWIMMING....EVERYTHING FELL INTO PLACE JUST RIGHT ON THE PHYSICAL SIDE OF THE WATER AND WEATHER ETC. AND SHE MADE HER DREAM BECOME REALITY. SO GOOD FOR HER.
SHE HAD TO WAIT UNTIL INTO HER 60s TO MAKE HER DREAM COME TRUE.
I REMEMBER AS A KID OF 7 YEARS OLD, SEEING MY FIRST ROY ROGERS MOVIE [AND IN COLOR].....WOW, THAT WAS IT; JUST HAD TO GO OUT WEST, GET SOME FANCY COWBOY CLOTHES AND HAVE A BEAUTIFUL GOLDEN PALOMINO HORSE LIKE TRIGGER, AND FLY [GALLOP] ACROSS THE TRAIL FAST LIKE A BULLET....LIKE ROY AND TRIGGER DID.
WELL CAME OUT WEST AT AGE 18, TO WESTERN CANADA. WORKED WITH HORSES, DID NOT GET MY TRIGGER, AS THE LORD HAD OTHER PLANS FOR ME, THAT I SURE DIDN'T SEE. CAME TO SEE SOME MIGHTY BIG TRUTHS OF THE LORD. FINALLY CALLED ME INTO HIS MINISTRY; GAVE UP HORSES AT AGE 33. WASN'T ACTUALLY IN THE FULL TIME MINISTRY UNTIL I WAS ORDAINED AT AGE 40.
WORKED HARD AND LONG FOR THE LORD UP INTO MY EARLY 60s.
THEN A STILL SMALL VOICE SAID TO ME [NOT IN ANY LITERAL WAY] "YOU KNOW YOU LOVE HORSES AND RIDING, IT'S TIME TO DO IT AGAIN." AND SO I DID. AFTER TWO MORE YEARS [NOW 63] I HAD THIS FEELING I COULD LOOK FOR MY TRIGGER. SET ABOUT DOING SO. SIX MONTHS NOTHING, JUST ABOUT TO GIVE UP LOOKING. A HORSES FOR SALE AD CAME IN ONE WESTERN HORSE MAGAZINE. I EMAILED THE LADY AND ASKED IF SHE HAD THE HORSE OF MY DREAMS - A GOLDEN [DARK GOLD] PALOMINO MARE, YOUNG, ABOUT 15 HANDS TALL. NEVER REALLY THOUGHT I'D GET AN ANSWER THAT SAID, "YES, I HAVE THE HORSE OF YOUR DREAMS."
I DROVE UP NORTH OF CALGARY, ABOUT AN HOUR. SAW THE HORSE AND KNEW IT RIGHT AWAY..... SHE WAS BEAUTIFUL, BRIGHT, GREEN BROKE. "FINAL TOUCH" WAS HER REGISTERED NAME, FROM THE USA, HER GRANDFATHER BEING THE FAMOUS "I'M IMPRESSIVE" - THE USA HALTER CHAMPION. SHE WAS BOUGHT AS A YEARLING BY THIS LADY [DEBBIE] TO BE A BROOD MARE ON HER REGISTERED QUARTER HORSE BREEDING RANCH. DEBBIE HAD COME DOWN WITH CANCER AND DID NOT KNOW IF SHE WAS GOING TO BEAT IT, SO NEEDED TO FIND GOOD HOMES FOR HER REGISTERED HORSES.
I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME. AND I WAS ABLE TO BUY AND HAVE THE HORSE OF MY BOYHOOD DREAMS. DEBBIE BY THE WAY BEAT THE CANCER AND IS STILL ALIVE TODAY.
AND "FINAL TOUCH" HAS BEEN INDEED A FINAL TOUCH OF MY PHYSICAL LIFE THAT AT AGE 63 CAME TO ME. AND I MEAN WHAT A BLESSING AND WONDERFUL HORSE SHE IS. SHE DID NOT KNOW HER TALENTS, SHE'D ONLY BEEN A MOM TWICE. SHE DID NOT KNOW HOW FAST SHE COULD RUN. INDEED LIKE A BULLET; SHE WOULD HAVE LOVED TO HAVE BEEN ON THE 1/4 MILE QUARTER HORSE RACE TRACK [YES THERE IS SUCH HORSE RACING, PRETTY BIG TIME IN THE USA].
I KNOW IT WAS ALL GIVEN TO ME FROM THE LORD. I HAD SERVED HIM FOR 23 YEARS WITH ZEAL, INDUSTRY, HOURS AND HOURS OF STUDY AND RESEARCH, AND WRITING [ALL ON MY WEBSITE]; I HAD BEEN WILLING TO GROW IN GRACE AND KNOWLEDGE; I HAD TRIED TO BE HUMBLE, AND BE CORRECTED; I LOVED HIS TRUTH AND WANTED IT MORE THAN ANYTHING, AND THEN SHARE IT WITH OTHERS [STILL HAVE THAT ATTITUDE AND STILL DOING GOD'S WORK].
I HAD KEPT MYSELF IN GOOD, VERY GOOD PHYSICAL SHAPE. NOW I HAD MY TRIGGER. NOW FROM AGE 63 TO THE PRESENT, COMING 71 ON 9/11, I CAN STILL RIDE MY HORSE FLAT OUT, LIKE A BULLET WHEN I LET HER GO. I'M SURE SHE GOES AS FAST TODAY AT AGE 13 AS SHE DID WHEN I BOUGHT HER AT AGE 5.
SO I FULLY UNDERSTAND DIANA NYAD ..... YOUR NOT TOO OLD IN YOUR 60s TO GO FOR A DREAM YOU HAD FROM BEING A KID. DREAMS CAN COME TRUE.
I THANK AND PRAISE THE HEAVENLY FATHER AND HIS SON CHRIST JESUS, EACH DAY, AND EACH TIME I'M WITH MY HORSE. I KNOW IT WAS THEIR DOING THAT GAVE ME, EVEN IN MY OLDER AGE, THE DREAM HORSE I WANTED FROM AGE 7.
SO INDEED FOR SOME THINGS YOUR NOT TOO OLD.
DIANA NYAD AND I HAD TO WAIT FOR MANY DECADES, BUT WE HAVE BOTH BEEN GIVEN THE FULFILLMENT OF OUR DREAMS.
I AM AWESTRUCK AND HUMBLED BY IT ALL....BOTH FOR DIANA AND MYSELF.
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