People have tried to make it clear to you, Ion, that you will not be recognized by USMS or SWIM magazine unless you swim a lot faster. They have also tried to point out, in a nutshell, that your attitude comes across as sour grapes.
I am going to postulate that you would like to be recognized for overcoming whatever it is you have overcome. SWIM magazine doesn't have the space to do it. And they certainly don't have the manpower (interviewers and photographers) to cover every story there is to tell, especially in regard to overcoming adversity.
So, here it is. I wish everyone would take the chance to tell their stories. Think of it as a SWIM web page for sharing of personal histories.
I know Tom Ellison has an amazing story that I wish he would put here. I know of many other swimmers who have overcome tremendous adversity. I hope this thread will become an inspiration to us all, and that we will all realize, as I have lately, that: looking at the past can be painful, so don't (as long as you don't repeat it!), who knows what the future holds, so quit worrying about it, and be happy in the present because it's the only thing you really have control over.
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Hmmm, I read this and actually decided to go out in the beautiful weather(finally) and do some work and think.
First of all, I don't think you are dealing with a bunch of content sit on your butt kind of people. That just does not strike me as the tone of these forums. I do think we are mostly happy people and there is a difference. I can be happy and content in some things, and work on making change where needed in other things.
About being content or uncontent, that is two extremes. You can be uncontent about something, work to affect change, but be positive about how you are doing it. There are sometimes a lot of good in something, and maybe a little bad that you want to change. You don't want to tear down and trash the good with the bad. You want to make change in a positive way.
You also come across at being unhappy and uncontent in everything and it looks like nothing would make you happy. Since this is a written format and it is hard to discern feeling, that very well may not be true. I hope not, being uncontent all the time may help the world change, but it does not seem like a very happy way to go through life. Since you seem to distain content, happy people, that maybe OK with you.
It is too nice of a day after endless rain to spend on the computer.
HAve a nice day.
Hmmm, I read this and actually decided to go out in the beautiful weather(finally) and do some work and think.
First of all, I don't think you are dealing with a bunch of content sit on your butt kind of people. That just does not strike me as the tone of these forums. I do think we are mostly happy people and there is a difference. I can be happy and content in some things, and work on making change where needed in other things.
About being content or uncontent, that is two extremes. You can be uncontent about something, work to affect change, but be positive about how you are doing it. There are sometimes a lot of good in something, and maybe a little bad that you want to change. You don't want to tear down and trash the good with the bad. You want to make change in a positive way.
You also come across at being unhappy and uncontent in everything and it looks like nothing would make you happy. Since this is a written format and it is hard to discern feeling, that very well may not be true. I hope not, being uncontent all the time may help the world change, but it does not seem like a very happy way to go through life. Since you seem to distain content, happy people, that maybe OK with you.
It is too nice of a day after endless rain to spend on the computer.
HAve a nice day.
