EVERY DAY I AM CONFRONTED WITH HARDSHIP IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER...EITHER ITS PEOPLE WHO I KNOW OR PEOPLE WHO THINK THEY KNOW ME..THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE SUFFERING IN THIS WORLD...PEOPLE TALK TO ME ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL SITUATION BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT I WILL LISTEN...AND PERHAPS HAVE A SOLUTION TO THEIR PARTICULAR PROBLEM...
GENERALLY LISTENING IS ONE OF MY FORTES...I DO LISTEN...I HAVE IN FACT LEARNED MUCH FROM LISTENING TO OTHERS...ABOUT LIFE...ABOUT THE HUMAN CONDITION...ABOUT MY OWN PERSONAL STRUGGLE TO STAY YOUNG AND MAKE A DIFFERENCE.
I WORK EVERY DAY AND I WORK HARD AT STRIVING TO LEARN...TO GAIN KNOWLEDGE...TO SEE HOW FAR I CAN PUSH MY BODY...THIS 61 YEAR OLD BODY...WHY?...WHAT FOR?....IS THERE AN ULTIMATE PURPOSE?
YES..UNEQUIVOCABLY.. I SWEAT IT OUT AT THE GYM 2 TO 3 DAYS A WEEK...I POUND THE RUNNING TRACK WITH TWO COACHES PICKING APART EVERY TWITCH OF MY BODY...DEMANDING MORE...PUSHING FOR MORE...STRIVING FOR THE ULTIMATE PERFORMANCE...EVERY MOMENT IS ANALYSED..THE ANSWER IS SIMPLE.I RUN FOR THOSE WHO CAN'T....I DEPRIVE MYSELF OF SOME OF LIFE'S SIMPLE PLEASURES...I RARELY EAT CHOCOLATE..EVEN THOUGH I LIKE IT...I LOVE POTATO CRISPS...BUT I DON'T EAT THEM....I WOULD LOVE A GLASS OF WINE OR TWO...BUT I RARELY EMBIBE.....I MAKE SACRIFICES NOT BECAUSE I WANT TO BE THE FASTEST MAN ON THE PLANET...BUT BECAUSE THE RESEARCH ON MY BODY IS GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE TO YOU SOME DAY....MAYBE SOONER THAN YOU THINK.
I AM NOT PERFECT...I DO HAVE WEAKNESSES...I MAY NOT HAVE BEEN THE PERFECT FATHER OR ACHIEVED GREATNESS IN BUSINESS ...BUT...I AM COMITTED TO BRINGING YOU THE BEST AVAILABLE KNOWLEDGE ABOUT LIVING LONGER..WITH A BETTER QUALITY OF LIFE...BECAUSE I LOVE LIFE...
I HAVE BEEN ACCUSED LATELY OF NOT BEING PERFECT...I ASK THIS QUESTION...IF THERE IS SUCH A PERSON...WOULD THEY PLEASE PUT THEIR HAND UP....PERFECTION IS SOMETHING I DO STRIVE FOR...PERHAPS ONE DAY I WILL BE DESERVING OF SUCH A MANTLE....UNTIL THEN I WILL ENDEAVOUR TO GIVE OF MYSELF...FOR THE BENEFIT OF THOSE BABY BOOMERS WHO FACE AN UNCERTAIN FUTURE...
I WILL COMPETE IN THE WORLD MASTERS GAMES IN 2009. IT WILL BE MY LAST ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE. FROM THAT POINT ON I WILL PLACE MY BODY TOTALLY ON THE ANVIL OF RESEARCH INTO AGEING AND LONGEVITY....IT IS GOING TO BE A MAGNIFICENT CHALLENGE....I BELIEVE I WILL BE UP TO IT.
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