Heard Diana Nyad’s interview with Michael Krazny on KQED, a public radio station in SF-Bay Area few days ago – it’s live in the morning and replays at 7pm in the evening and now available on podcast. Wow. I mean… Wow. I especially heard the wisdom when she talked about this single mother of 3 who is organizing a food bank for their neighbor – putting yourself out there need not be as dramatic as her’s (the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the aid of a shark cage, 110 mi or 180 km, over 50 hours of swimming…), as she talks about being humbled by someone who makes a quiet difference in other people’s lives.
She seems to be saying that, it need not be all about “self” “Self” but caring for others is just as meaningful – as what goes around, comes around – I say like a “boomerang”! Indeed, a personal triumph can take many shapes and forms. My cousin just saw her mother through the ordeal of cancer treatments and hospice care – visiting her nearly everyday, cheering her up everyday, being her health advocate everyday – As a caretaker, she had her own struggles but put her mother’s care to the forefront…I respect her for that and I know there are many out there with similar struggles – it’s just not so easy to die or write your own script for your own end these days – to transform what feels so impoverished, to something that empowers – there’s so much beauty and courage in that. Here it is – prepare to be inspired as she says, it does not have to be her “way”, in each person’s way, we each “find the way”.
Every human being on this planet has their pain and their heartache and it’s up to all of us to find our way back to the light.
– Diana Nyad