Can You Believe it??

It's been crazy around here...busy as usual, but this month has been extremely busy. It's only been a couple of months since I've been back from Thailand but it feels like a whole year has already passed.

The other day I found something that was really inspiring. It was a news article about a 75 year old cancer survivor from Harlem, New York.

Her name is Barbara Hillary. She completed the trek to the globe's northernmost point, just last month at age 75! Can you believe this?? She is one of the oldest people to ever reach the North Pole. She's also the first black woman in history to accomplish this huge feat. My guess is, she's also the first 75 year old cancer survivor to do this!

Mrs. Hillary battled lung cancer during her retirement at age 67. Five years after this, she went dog sledding in Quebec and did some photography of polar bears in Manitoba! When she heard that there had never been a black woman to make it to the North Pole, she made up her mind to be that one black woman to do it, in her 70's!!

The most mind boggling thing is why would a woman in her 70's battling with cancer even come to this idea? She had never done anything like this before and even a seasoned pro will quake with fear at the feat that she accomplished.

It sure put a new found perspective on life and what's possible for me. Excuses such as age, race, background, skill, education or health are just that....excuses.

Kudos to Mrs. Hillary! She definitely has my respect and admiration!


You can find the original articles below:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070506/ap_on_re_us/north_pole_woman
http://www.deseretnews.com/dn/view/0,1249,660218229,00.html
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2003696398_northpole07.html