Never Say Never!

This weekend I happened across the replay of the televised coverage of the 2010 Ironman Triathlon Championships in Kona, Hawaii. What an incredible race of skill, physical fitness and raw determination.

One of the things I love most, is that among the coverage they have of the elite athletes, they also showcase a variety of the "everyman" stories. Mothers, senior citizens, people overcoming physical calamities or diseases to fight their way back into the kind of shape to prepare and race in an Ironman. 

Some of these stories are remarkable and so inspiring it really makes you believe that if they can do this great thing that you can do it.

Quite a different feeling than the one I had over ten years ago the first time I happened across seeing my first Ironman race on TV. I still remember thinking to myself this is crazy. No, this is insane. I would never do that.

Well the rest is history as not only do I have my foot in my mouth because I have done it, but now I even write a blog called the World Triathlon Examiner. (haha)

It all leads me to my point which is that when I was a young adult, I did the same thing and one day told my dad about some thing or the other, “Dad, I’ll never do that.” In his quiet wise voice he said, ”Kevin don’t ever say never.”

Life has a funny way of throwing you curveballs and opening doors you could never ever imagine and so the bottom line is to keep an open mind because before you know it, your never could be coming along any day now.

Have you ever said “I’d never do that” and then ended up doing it sometime later in your life?