Sometimes you hear a story that makes you shake your head in wonder; a story that reminds you just how much a single person is capable of.
Diana Nyad has one of those stories. She was 64 years old when she swam unassisted from Cuba to Florida. And, 
for me, that's not even the most impressive part of the story. I suppose the fact that she swam all that way through shark-and-jellyfish-infested waters should do it, but what really gets me is the fact that it wasn't even her first attempt. She'd tried—and failed—not once before, but four times. She was just bold enough (and maybe crazy enough) to try it for a fifth time.
It's hard to imagine the strength and courage—the bravery—it must have taken Diana to get back in those waters, knowing how hard it had been. To do it all over again, knowing exactly what she was up against. Knowing that the waters had beat her so many times before. Remembering the pain and exhaustion. Knowing that, no matter how much she'd trained, no matter how prepared she was, the ocean didn't care.
It's a good thing she did try again, because this time she triumphed. And the story of her triumph is enough to inspire the rest of us to wonder—maybe even find out—what we might be capable of. I've never even swam a mile, let alone a 110 of them. I've never done anything for 53 hours straight. But Diana's story makes me wonder if I could. And if I tried and failed, whether or not I'd be strong enough to try again.
It's important to hear stories like Diana's. It's so easy to set limits for ourselves, or to allow others to set them for us, and never push against them. We need to hear the stories of others pushing against their limits so that we can be reminded that it's possible. Listening to Diana's story and imagining what it would be like to be that driven, that passionate, that strong, gives me a renewed faith in humanity. And it makes me want a piece of the action.
The best way to hear Diana's story, and to understand what inspired her, is to listen to her tell it herself:
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