This is my art of the week. I just love this painting..something about it that makes me loving it! Have an awesome week everyone :)
Sunday, May 22, 2011
Art of the week
This is my art of the week. I just love this painting..something about it that makes me loving it! Have an awesome week everyone :)
Sunday @ 5:30 PM
My husband is watching Chicago Bulls games on TV, it is his holy moment. So, here I am writing my blog while listening to some Miami Heat's fans cheering their team up on TV. I am a proud CHICAGO sport team's fans but tonight I just want to write about something. Let's go BULLS!
I was reading my RUNNER'S magazine last night and I was just in awe of some of these runners below.
Click the link about him and you will be amazed, as I was, of this man's determination to conquer miles after miles (literally). He ran 50 marathons in all 50 states in 50 consecutive days, finishing with the New York City Marathon, which he completed in three hours and thirty seconds. That is just one of his accomplishment, he had plenty and counting.
Why do I admire people like him? here is why : INSPIRED and MOTIVATED me to do something more in life. There were times when I feel like just being lazy in front of the TV and eat tons of junk snacks instead of go out and run. Of course, my body deserves a rest after a long hours of working. But, my body also deserves a good exercise in order to maintain its health, strength and energy level. Most of all, it makes ME, the proud owner of this body, happier and healthier. Nothing sexier than being healthy and happy with our own skin (or body).
Gladys Burril, her recent record recognition as the 'Oldest Female to Complete a Marathon' aged 92 years, 19 days. She completed the 26.2 mile Honolulu Marathon race in 9 hours 53 minutes and 16 seconds, on December 12th, 2010.
OK, people, listen up : she is the bomb! If a 92 years old woman could ran a marathon in sunny Hawaii, then I can run in my 30's (or name your own age lol). It is all in our brain. When we limit ourselves by saying "WE CAN'T" then we won't make it. We have to push our bodies to the limit when it comes to working out. I used to hate running, I have a weak left foot and my lungs get "tired" easily. I can list tons of other excuses. But, one day, I tried to run and now I am craving for it. God created our body to do things beyond what we thought we could. Try it, and then listen to your body. When it says, "lets do more..I can do it", then go for it. When it says "slow down or this is it", then slow down or stop. Trying is the word. From trying to pushing a little bit. From pushing to test yourself to the limit. We will never know our limit until we test it, right? :)
Captain Ivan Castro, 43, has always pushed limits. A career Army man, he joined the Special Forces in 1999 to see if he had what it took to be a sniper, and spent the next seven years jumping into the black of night and wielding an M-24 rifle—assignments that gave him the feel-alive fix he craved.
Castro was on a rooftop in Youssifiyah, Iraq, in September 2006 when mortars landed five feet from him. Shells shredded the right side of his face and tore off parts of his arm, buttocks, and shoulder. Both lungs collapsed; he suffered a pulmonary embolism and an aneurism. The blast also nuked his right eye and lodged shrapnel in his left, leaving Castro permanently blind.
"I felt desperation, anger, depression," Castro says. But a visit from a blind Marine two months after the attack made Castro realize that although his ability to see was gone, he—the soldier, the leader, the guy who loved a challenge—was not. Castro, who had been a runner since high school, set a goal to finish his first marathon.
Thirteen months and 36 surgeries after the attack, Castro ran the 2007 Marine Corps Marathon in 4:14—and found his new mission: show other disabled warriors "what blind can do." Since then, he has met with members of Congress to advocate for wounded veterans' participation in the Paralympics, spoken at military and civilian events to encourage employers to hire the blind, and counseled disabled soldiers. When he visits injured veterans, his message is simple: As long as you're breathing, life is worth living.
Castro has completed 12 marathons, many of them guided by Lt. Col. Fred Dummar, whom he met on the Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Army base. Castro is one of three blind active-duty officers in the Army, where he works in the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion. Castro thinks of himself as an example of what the Army can provide— brotherhood and a meaningful life mission—not of what it could cost you.
Still pushing his own limits, Castro plans to finish a 100-miler, bike across the United States, and hike the Appalachian Trail. "Listen, I'm driven," he says. "There's nothing I can't do."
Capt. Ivan Castro has my most respect of the day. He is blind and he has completed so many marathons. He is my hero. He showed me that life has more than just limitation. Nothing will stop this man to accomplish and fulfilled his life purposes. May God bless you!
"Sure, I have asked, 'Why both eyes? Why not just one? Why couldn't I see some light, or shadows?' Then I remind myself to trust in God and be grateful to Him. We all can complain that we have the worst time. But, somewhere, someone else has it worse." (Capt. Ivan Castro)
I was reading my RUNNER'S magazine last night and I was just in awe of some of these runners below.
Why do I admire people like him? here is why : INSPIRED and MOTIVATED me to do something more in life. There were times when I feel like just being lazy in front of the TV and eat tons of junk snacks instead of go out and run. Of course, my body deserves a rest after a long hours of working. But, my body also deserves a good exercise in order to maintain its health, strength and energy level. Most of all, it makes ME, the proud owner of this body, happier and healthier. Nothing sexier than being healthy and happy with our own skin (or body).
Gladys Burril, her recent record recognition as the 'Oldest Female to Complete a Marathon' aged 92 years, 19 days. She completed the 26.2 mile Honolulu Marathon race in 9 hours 53 minutes and 16 seconds, on December 12th, 2010.
OK, people, listen up : she is the bomb! If a 92 years old woman could ran a marathon in sunny Hawaii, then I can run in my 30's (or name your own age lol). It is all in our brain. When we limit ourselves by saying "WE CAN'T" then we won't make it. We have to push our bodies to the limit when it comes to working out. I used to hate running, I have a weak left foot and my lungs get "tired" easily. I can list tons of other excuses. But, one day, I tried to run and now I am craving for it. God created our body to do things beyond what we thought we could. Try it, and then listen to your body. When it says, "lets do more..I can do it", then go for it. When it says "slow down or this is it", then slow down or stop. Trying is the word. From trying to pushing a little bit. From pushing to test yourself to the limit. We will never know our limit until we test it, right? :)
Captain Ivan Castro, 43, has always pushed limits. A career Army man, he joined the Special Forces in 1999 to see if he had what it took to be a sniper, and spent the next seven years jumping into the black of night and wielding an M-24 rifle—assignments that gave him the feel-alive fix he craved.
Castro was on a rooftop in Youssifiyah, Iraq, in September 2006 when mortars landed five feet from him. Shells shredded the right side of his face and tore off parts of his arm, buttocks, and shoulder. Both lungs collapsed; he suffered a pulmonary embolism and an aneurism. The blast also nuked his right eye and lodged shrapnel in his left, leaving Castro permanently blind.
"I felt desperation, anger, depression," Castro says. But a visit from a blind Marine two months after the attack made Castro realize that although his ability to see was gone, he—the soldier, the leader, the guy who loved a challenge—was not. Castro, who had been a runner since high school, set a goal to finish his first marathon.
Thirteen months and 36 surgeries after the attack, Castro ran the 2007 Marine Corps Marathon in 4:14—and found his new mission: show other disabled warriors "what blind can do." Since then, he has met with members of Congress to advocate for wounded veterans' participation in the Paralympics, spoken at military and civilian events to encourage employers to hire the blind, and counseled disabled soldiers. When he visits injured veterans, his message is simple: As long as you're breathing, life is worth living.
Castro has completed 12 marathons, many of them guided by Lt. Col. Fred Dummar, whom he met on the Fort Bragg, North Carolina, Army base. Castro is one of three blind active-duty officers in the Army, where he works in the Special Operations Recruiting Battalion. Castro thinks of himself as an example of what the Army can provide— brotherhood and a meaningful life mission—not of what it could cost you.
Still pushing his own limits, Castro plans to finish a 100-miler, bike across the United States, and hike the Appalachian Trail. "Listen, I'm driven," he says. "There's nothing I can't do."
(source : www.runnersworld.com)
Capt. Ivan Castro has my most respect of the day. He is blind and he has completed so many marathons. He is my hero. He showed me that life has more than just limitation. Nothing will stop this man to accomplish and fulfilled his life purposes. May God bless you!
"Sure, I have asked, 'Why both eyes? Why not just one? Why couldn't I see some light, or shadows?' Then I remind myself to trust in God and be grateful to Him. We all can complain that we have the worst time. But, somewhere, someone else has it worse." (Capt. Ivan Castro)
"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one receives the prize? So run that you may obtain it.Every athlete exercises self-control in all things. They do it to receive a perishable wreath, but we an imperishable. So I do not run aimlessly; I do not box as one beating the air. But I discipline my body and keep it under control, lest after preaching to others I myself should be disqualified."(1 Corinthians 9:24-27 ESV)
Get off that couch and start walking then jog then run! Finish what you started and finish strong! I hope that these people can inspired you to do something good for your body and impact other people to do the same in a very positive way. Good luck and have fun working out.
xoxo,
Lindsay
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