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Good Afternoon. Here is a great thought for the day: Florence Chadwick was an ace swimmer. She set a world record in 1950 when she swam across the English Channel from France in 13 hours and 20 minutes. The following year, she swam from England to France and made history as the first woman to swim the channel from both shores. But in 1952, Chadwick learned a powerful lesson when she decided to swim the 26 miles from Catalina Island to Palos Verdes, California. The water was frigid that day and sharks trailed her. But these factors didn't diminish Chadwick's resolve; something else did. After 15 hours of rough swim, there was no sign of the coastline — there was no sign of anything because fog had shrouded the area. With her goal out of sight, Chadwick lost the desire to continue and climbed aboard an escort boat — not realizing that she was less than half a mile from shore. When asked why she decided to stop, she explained, "It was the fog. If I could have seen land, I could have finished. But when you can't see your goal, you lose all sense of progress and begin to give up." Isn't that true for us all? Keep your goals in sight, keep focused on them. It does make a difference.
"Each morning is the beginning of a new day. You have been given this day to use as you will. You can waste it or use it for good. What you do today is important because you are exchanging a day of your life for it. When the sun rises tomorrow this day will be gone forever, in its place will be something you have left — may it be something good. Follow your heart, it knows what to do." London Delicious stories are distributed weekly by email. If you'd like to be sure not to miss our next story, sign up for a free subscription here:
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