Doc Zhivago
This morning while doing hill sprints through the woods, lungs on fire, legs wobbly, another realization about myself. It’s why I like to visit this bodybuilding web site. And why I go to a public gym instead of toiling with weights in the spidery darkness of my basement. It’s why my backyard is a wildlife sanctuary that reveals new wonders of nature every day. And why my vacations are sailing on the ocean. It’s something to do with what I’ve come to call the "Zhivago moments" of life. In the 1965 classic movie, Dr. Zhivago finds beauty everywhere he goes. In the light. In the falling snow. In noble suffering. And, in a beautiful and ultimately unattainable woman. But every moment for him is pure rapture in appreciating beauty and life.
Sometimes, I have Zhivago moments. On this website, I see not just beautiful bodies, I see people who represent the best aspirations of humanity as they strive to make themselves better and stronger. Rarely or never blaming others for their problems. You are all a beautiful sunrise, the light shining though the window and reflecting off my writing desk. Thank you for sharing.
April 23, 2008 at 6:19 am
Reading this blog entry is like breathing your first breath of clean air on a beautiful island.
I love your Dr. Zhivago moments. 
And I love how you termed it! So true!!! I read through your page about how you are dealing with MS, and I find it incredibly admirable that you are choosing to fight it as you are. 
I think you’re just swell. 
Thanks for sharing your entry today!