I got an email today and the greatest trophy ever…

…from a virtual friend I “met” through a running blog. In the interests of her privacy I won’t name her but she has been reading my blog and she wrote me to tell me that I inspired her to take up karate and she had her first class recently.

I initially started this blog for two reasons. The first reason was that as part of my business in computer repair I needed to keep up with technology so I had to learn what blogging was all about the hard way so I could help others. The second reason came after when I wondered what the heck I would write about. I decided to write about my journey from middle age death to a new level of fitness and lifestyle through running. Much later I took up karate.

I thought who the hell cares? But then I wondered if there was some small chance that I could somehow help other people by showing them that it was possible to improve their lifestyle and fitness. Would my story inspire others to improve their lives in some way? I never knew, nor had I any expectation that I would ever know.

Until I got this email. Let me tell you that email is my greatest trophy ever! Far better and more meaningful to me than any of the other shiny medals I got running.

Thanks for writing to me to let me know that I haven’t been wasting my breath. You know who you are.

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