Having lost his right leg to cancer, Terry Fox embarked on a cross-Canada run called the ‘Marathon of Hope’ in 1980 to raise money for cancer research. His shuffle and hop running style took him about 24miles per day, close to a complete 26-mile marathon every single day with an artificial leg! He managed to run for 143days and covered 3,339 miles from his starting point in St.John’s New Foundland to Thunder Bay Ontario, where he was forced to abandon his run when doctors discovered cancer in his lungs. He died a few months later, but his inspiring example has left a legacy: Annual Terry Fox runs are held in Canada and around the world that so far have raised $340 Million for cancer research.
When asked how he kept himself going as exhaustion set in and he has thousands of miles ahead of him. He answered – “I just keep running to the next telephone pole”.
Moral: Though our goals look too far to achieve, it’s nothing but a summation of small milestones. We have to just achieve the small milestones one by one, and keep going until we reach to the ultimate goal. There is a Japanese proverb - “Fall down seven times, get up eight”.
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