Recently read and impressed by it to the stage of being moved to tears......
At ten minutes to seven, on a dark, cool evening inMexico City in 1968, John Stephen Arkwari of TANZANIApainfully hobbled into the Olympic stadium - The lastto finish the marathon.The winner had already been crowned, and the victoryceremony was long finished. So the stadium was almost as empty as Arkwari, alone, his leg bloody and bandaged, struggled to circle the track to the finishline. The respected documentary filmmaker, BudGreenspan watched from a distance. Intrigued, Bud walked over to Arkwari and asked why he hadcontinued the grueling struggle to the finish lineeven after the injury.The young man from TANZANIA answered softly, "My country did not send me nine thousand miles to start the race. They sent me nine thousand miles to finishthe race"Effort is a commitment to seeing a task through to the end, not just until we get tired of it.