I saw a video on the NY Times website of a recent interview with Mark Spitz, the former Olympic swimming champion. He said something I found very profound. He said, "for that one moment in time I realized that I was the yardstick that other people measured themselves by". Wow!.......At some time in each of our lives we all could say the same thing, especially those of us with children. It caused me to examine my own life. Then I smiled. My kids are doing OK and if they are drawing inspiration from me, then I'm doing OK too.Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wow!!
I saw a video on the NY Times website of a recent interview with Mark Spitz, the former Olympic swimming champion. He said something I found very profound. He said, "for that one moment in time I realized that I was the yardstick that other people measured themselves by". Wow!.......At some time in each of our lives we all could say the same thing, especially those of us with children. It caused me to examine my own life. Then I smiled. My kids are doing OK and if they are drawing inspiration from me, then I'm doing OK too.
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Thanks, Dennis. You made me realize I don't have to be an Olympic Champion to be that "yardstick" to SOMEONE. That is certainly a thought worth pondering!
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