For a Moment .. You think, you dream, you are inspired and you decide to go for the Team. You plan, you flex, you push, you pull, you metal, you shuffle, you kettle, you stand and paddle, and jump a few hurdles, and suddenly, you've made the Team, the first stage of a dream. You smile for a while, but you know it is only the first mile. You train, you strain, you pain, you drain, you gain, you laugh, you try, you cry, you learn, you create capacity and experiences, and build motion, connections and emotions for a Moment that seems so far off. You desire, you aspire, you perspire, time transpires and suddenly the Moment is there just in front of you, just there waiting for you to decide and respond as only you know how to. May you seize this Moment just ahead. It is just there .. waiting .. yes, just there. Where? It's there, just there, you know it. Grasp it with both hands. Fight for the inches, they are hard to find but they are there. And given an inch, take a mile, no mercy. What lies ahead is a mystery and shortly it will be history, to become your few threads in the rich tapestry that became before you. Be in and saviour this Moment, it is there waiting for you to move into and through, just like a door, to shape you and to become your memories with friends for a lifetime. Forever. As Jenny would say, "Don't Wonder 'What If?'". Go Australia!! Go the Auroras!!
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Nicely expressed Geoff :)
ReplyDeleteHi Michelle, It took a while, but it was easy to write about something I know so much about. I've felt it all and experienced the extremes in the highs and lows that are part of it all. And, for a while I felt nothing, I just, paddled to get me through. I thank you Michelle for without your dream 16 years ago, I would never have experienced any of this and I could not have written what I just did. You helped Jenny and Jo, and me by extension, and many others get started in this amazing sport, We have done things I could never of dreamt in my wildest dreams. With Respect and Admiration. Regards Geoff
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