It is easy to measure our performance on our THPL life journey in the area of athletics and fitness. We can use a stopwatch, a score, a win….they all have a pure quantitative essence to them that make them easy to compare and measure against. And this level of “absolute” is great and we should leverage it through out our journey. Ah, but we know, that the complete THPL is more than fitness, it is about learning and life as well. They are necessary and integral if we are to reach our own levels of personal fulfillment. And in some ways they might just be more impactful as these attributes are more shareable than our own fitness achievements.

I was reminded this weekend by a fellow THPLer of a few stories that showed how much more THPL can be - one story of a cyclist coming to the aid of a fallen competitor in a race to try to save his life, and another who shared his musical accomplishments on the violin at his own wedding. In both instances we saw so much more than we normally see, we saw more of the complete person. And for sure I am confident that there are many more stories, like these, that fill in our version of THPL and others around us. Lest we miss the opportunity, it is good to take a moment, and marvel at the depth of the people who are around us. I am inspired just writing about it. It is a fabulous reminder of where THPL can and will take us. Let it grow, let it inspire, let it bring us closer and closer to fulfillment…yes, indeed….

Loving life, with all of the amazing people who are around us.