this happened to me at the gym this morning!
ashleeeeanne
Posts: 89 Member
There is nothing more motivating than this: the 75 year old man RUNNING at a 7.5 speed and a 6.0 incline next to me. As we both got off the treadmill at the same time he asked if he could speak with me and pulled out his wallet. We sat down at a table as he showed me a picture of him and his granddaughter 5 years ago, her about my age then, he 767 pounds and her 398. With tears running down his face he showed me another picture of him walking her down the aisle 2 months ago. He is now 215 and she is 150. With more tears he says"I dont even know you but you remind me of my granddaughter, and I couldnt miss walking her down the aisle because I was killing myself slowly and didnt even realize it." I was wearing my cross and fish necklace so he asked if he minded if he prayed woth me. For 10 minutes we sat holding hands in the gym praying for the life I have ahead of me. As we were both wiping tears from our face, he told me to just keep going and when i dont want to, to remember him.This is a man I will NEVER forget.
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Wow! Now that is inspiring!0
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Thanks for sharing this story,0
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It always amazes me how things like this happen. What a blessing! Keep up the work and thank you for sharing!0
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So glad you shared it!0
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That is amazing. I'm so glad I read this!0
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Great story! Thanks for sharing.0
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That's amazing. So glad you shared. :flowerforyou:0
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Wow. Very moving. Thanks for sharing!0
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That is amazing! Thank you for posting this0
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wow! so inspiring!0
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Thank you for sharing this... Very inspirational...0
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What a beautifully inspiring story! Thank you for posting it0
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That is a beautiful story, thank you for sharing!0
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Amazing!!! So inspirational!!! Thanks for sharing.0
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That is so amazing! Thank you for sharing this.0
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..thanks for sharing...brought tears to my eyes...WOW...just WOW0
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Amazing...0
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We need to hear stories like this. Thanks for sharing.0
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Wow....So amazing!! :-)0
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Wow! Now I am crying. What a beautiful story. Thank you for sharing.0
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Thank you for sharing! So inspiring!0
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What an awesome experience.0
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beautiful story0
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What a wonderful divine appointment! Thanks for sharing this!0
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Goosebumps and I got choked up. This is amazing. Thank you so much for sharing!!0
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What a wonderful occurrence!0
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Pretty cool.0
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God is so good!0
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Amazing!0
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Wow, what an awesome experience!!!! It is amazing how we not only influence those around us but they influence us and we don't even know them. Thank you for sharing0
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