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| Why walk from Dallas, Texas to Akron, Indiana? by Dorothy Martin |
walking through the Muskogee, Oklahoma area. He questioned me quite extensively about the reason for our walk and suggested that it was either for ego or for personal gain. He couldn't believe that anyone would make that large expenditure of time and money without an agenda. Our desire to inspire others to take their health seriously didn't cut it for him and neither did he believe that anyone would find it a fun adventure. After talking with him, I searched myself for answers to his questions. I had never thought of the motivation of my heart in the form of words but I decided it was a question that many may be asking. However, before I was able to put my thoughts into words this article appeared in the Dallas Morning News/Richardson News/Letters to The Editor. I have never met nor talked with the writer of this article. But her letter explains better than I can put into words why I would want to walk 1000 miles in 100 days. The following letter has been reprinted with the permission of the Dallas Morning News/Richardson News and Carmethia Sanders: THE WILL TO LIVE LIFE I am writing in regards to your article about “A Thousand Miles for Love and Charity“. After reading what the Martins were doing it inspired me to want to help myself. I was diagnosed with lupus and I have found it to be very hard to exercise. I am a thirty-four year- old woman who has a disease but it is up to me whether I let it control my life. So far I have started to walk a mile a day. I can feel the difference all over, not just physically but more mentally with the will to overcome my obstacles down the road that I might encounter. So what I want to say to all your readers is we should not let our health define our life. I hope to one day be able to walk a thousand miles with the Martins but until that day I encourage everyone to keep living. Carmethia Sanders Mesquite 4/8/04 |
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