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"get busy livin' .........

morgie2morgie2 Posts: 1,065
edited March 2010 in All Encompassing Trip
.........or get busy dyin' ". This is a line from Shawshank Redemption. Take a peek at the link below (an article from today's Boston Globe). This guy is a "friend of a friend", fighting ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease). Good stuff.......... get busy livin'. Thanks.

http://www.boston.com/news/local/massac ... _lifetime/
Boston II 94 Boston II 06 Mansfield I 08 Mansfield II 08 Seattle I 09 Seattle II 09
Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16  Fenway 1 18  Fenway II 18
E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
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  • FenwayFaithfulFenwayFaithful Posts: 8,626
    One of my best friends had testicular cancer a few years back and once he beat it, he began traveling the world in search of adventure. Get busy living indeed...thanks for posting.
    "FF, I've heard the droning about the Sawx being the baby dolls. Yeah, I get it, you guys invented baseball and suffered forever. I get it." -JearlPam0925
  • JukeeJukee Posts: 4,500
    Very insperational, thanks for sharing.
    If you have nothing to lose, you have nothing to worry about.
  • IwasBit10IwasBit10 Posts: 646
    I really loved his dream of driving to every state capitol , raising $20,000 at every stop, then donating the $1 million raised to an ALS foundation. That's awesome! Thanks for posting!
    He floated back down 'cause he wanted to share, his key to the locks on the chains he saw everywhere.
  • mikalinamikalina Posts: 7,206
    Thanks for reminding me, its such a great saying. Love the movie.
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  • HammerdonkeyHammerdonkey Posts: 550
    Okay, so we all agree that Morgan Freeman would be awesome as God.

    Thanks.
  • rriversrrivers Posts: 3,696
    "That's goddam right."
    "We're fixed good, lamp-wise."
  • FifthelementFifthelement Posts: 6,959
    Brilliant :P What an inspiration. Thank you for sharing :D
    "What the CANUCK happened?!? - Esquimalt Barber Shop
  • morgie2morgie2 Posts: 1,065
    thanks for the nice comments. Glad it struck a note with a few of you. peace.
    Boston II 94 Boston II 06 Mansfield I 08 Mansfield II 08 Seattle I 09 Seattle II 09
    Hartford 10 Boston 10 Wrigley 13 Worcester I 13 Worcester II 13 Hartford 13
    NYC I 16 NYC II 16 Fenway I 16 Fenway II 16  Fenway 1 18  Fenway II 18
    E.V. Boston II 08 E.V. Albany II 09 E.V. Providence 11, E.V. Boston 11
    Troubled Souls Unite
  • PearlOfAGirlPearlOfAGirl Posts: 15,993
    That's a truly inspiring and beautiful story... thank you for sharing...

    Wish you were here...
    ♥~RIP Dad
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