Running with Ben Comen

If you haven't heard of Ben Comen, he is a 20 year old runner with muscular dystrophy. He should not be able to walk, let along run, yet he will not let anything stop him! He's a great inspiration, and takes away all of our excuses for not doing what we want to do.

Here's Ben's movie:
http://www.bluefoot.tv:80/movies/bencomen.html

And here's a small bio:
http://www.icommag.com/june-2005/june-page-12.html

Yesterday I had the opportunity to run with Ben and show support for his tenacity and hopefully have a lilttle of that kind of spirit rub off on me. So at 5:45 am, off we went down the streets of Palm Desert! He said, "If I fall, I'll bleed, and I'll get up and keep running", but thankfully there were no mishaps. It was a really uplifting experience, both for Ben, who enjoyed all the encouragement and support, and for us runners, who got to see "mind over matter" at work.




After a quick shower, it was back to the Tom Ferry seminar at 8 am for another day of real estate training. Some more notable quotes:

CHANGE = Constantly Having A New Growth Experience

"Add up all the days to make a year and then add up those years to make a lifetime and it will become apparent how repeating today's small failures can easily turn your life into a major disaster." - Jim Rohn

"Remembering that I'll be dead soon is the most important tool I've ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything - external expectation, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure - these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart.

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma, which is living with the results of someone else's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.

"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish." - Steve Jobs