1. Sometimes in the beginning, things look and seem dark (especially if it's a race at starts at 7 am). But by the time you're finished with the project, or race, or whatever, the light has started to shine and things look a lot brighter.2. Everything is much more fun when done with friends, especially if you have a common goal (like just finishing 6.2 miles).
3. Upon completion of a goal, celebrate (with food tastings, or drinks, or just dance a jig)!!
4. Just because your goal may be the same as thousands of other people, you don't have to achieve it exactly the same way (some may finish the race in 30 minutes while it takes you an hour and a half - but your medal is exactly the same).
5. The physical location of your dream sometimes makes the difference in your achievement of it (running through Epcot makes the miles go by much quicker).
6. Just because at some point your project seems like a really terrible idea, it isn't. If you persevere to the end, you'll realize it was a good idea after all (what seemed like fun months ago, sucks when you have to get up at 6 am, but regains its brilliance once you cross the finish line).
7. Stopping to connect with strangers along your journey is an added bonus (when you meet someone who's progressing at your same pace, you encourage each other to continue).
8. When someone snipes at you and your methods, don't let it undermine your determination to finish (just because some runner thinks you should be at the back of the pack doesn't make it so - you have the right to be where you want to be).
9. And finally, you'll never know the joy of an accomplishment if you don't ever start to try something (in other words - take the first step and follow it with another and another until that last step that crosses the finish line).
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Things that make today great: Safe flight home; new book to read; sleeping in my own bed
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