It is hard to imagine that 30 years ago today Terry Fox set out to inspire a nation and raise money to fight a disease he himself was battling. On one leg, this young man ran a marathon a day for over a 140 days until the cancer haulted his journey. Thirty years later, people from around the world come together to walk or run to continue to raise money because they believe in hope. They believe in and share Terry's dream of one day finding a cure because each person in some way has been touched by this horrible disease. Over a billion dollars has been raised worldwide..and it started with one young man having a dream!
Last weekend, I was filled with emotion as over 4500 people came together to walk 60km in the Weekend to End Women's Cancer..and I can honestly say I had the honor of greeting each one those people and thanking them for taking time out of their life to raise money and to walk.
It is during these times that a person's skin color, sexual preference, religion, sex doesn't matter..during these times people come together to support each other, to share in a dream, to Believe in Hope..people set their ego's aside for a brief moment and share....it is proof that each person's contribution no matter how big or small made a difference. That is inspiring to me.
If you don't think it makes a difference...walk thru the cancer wards, talk to a Dr, a Researcher, talk to someone who's family member is going thru chemo...after you talk..really listen to the message!
Together we can make a difference...it starts inside each of us and its a choice we make!
"We Can do no great things, only small things with great love" Mother Teresa
http://https:www.terryfox.org/cgi/page.cgi/shareyourstories.html
xox
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