Happy New Year - 2014

Diana Nyad set a world record in 2013 as the first person to complete a 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida in just under 53 hours.  She is 64 years old.

This was her 5th attempt.  She swam without a shark cage, exposed to venomous jelly-fish, fighting against dehydration and throat constriction and hallucinations, and in the blackest of black darkness.  One stroke after the next.  She kept singing to her favorite songs, she kept moving forward.  No matter what.  Her mantra: "Find a way."

What an incredible woman.  And by far THE best story of 2013.

"What you get by achieving your goals is not as important as 

what you become by achieving your goals."

- Henry David Thoreau

Peace to you all.

SM