Inspiration:

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Inspiration.

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We all need it.

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Someone or something that inspires us.

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Gets us motivated.

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Gets us off our ass and pushes us to do something.

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Every single person needs it.

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Some get it from their parents.

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Others from their role models.

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Some from TV.

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Others from books.

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Some from history.

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Others from moments of brilliance.

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All of us need inspiration.

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Especially when the world is closing in.

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When it feels like it’s collapsing on us.

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Where we feel like we’re barely surviving under the constant burden and stress.

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We need inspiration most in those moments.

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Had 2 things today that inspired me.

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One was watching Apollo 11.

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The other was Yes Theory’s video about Matt’s journey to the Ironman.

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Both vastly different.

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Yet both super inspirational.

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Apollo 11 is an epic documentary about the moon landing.

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So good.

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It had lots of never-before-seen footage.

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Of the moon.

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The spacecraft.

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Their journey into space.

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The people behind the scenes.

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All of it.

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July 19, 1969.

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A day etched in history.

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When NASA showed the world what was possible when you dream big and reach for the stars.

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To think humans got to the moon in the 60s with the technology then is nothing short of miraculous.

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It’s incredible what humanity can do when it has a singular goal.

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We need something like that now.

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Still never found a good answer as to why we can’t send someone to the moon and back now.

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Why has it taken over 50 years?

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If we could do it then, we could certainly do it now.

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Feels like at this moment in time, the world needs a positive story everyone can get behind.

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Sending people to the moon and back could be that.

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The second thing was the video about the Ironman.

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I’d seen it 5 years ago when he posted it and couldn’t stop crying.

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Had to rewatch it again and had the same emotion.

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This journey of struggle.

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And commitment.

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And resilience.

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To complete what seems like an impossible task.

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3.8k swim.

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180k bike.

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42k run.

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All together.

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That dream felt insane to me.

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It still does.

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Yet that video many years ago implanted an idea.

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It inceptioned me.

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What if?

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What if I could do that?

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I’ve just taken my first step.

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Booked an Ironman for next year.

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I’m doing it.

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Conquering this once-impossible challenge.

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I know it’ll be hard.

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I know it’ll be tough.

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I know it’ll be a struggle.

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But I also know I can do it.

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I can get there.

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But in those dark days, I’m going to need inspiration.

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Wherever it comes from, I need it.

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We all do.

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Go find your inspiration.

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