"Are you stroking to win?"

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It’s so amazing that Michael Phelps won eight gold medals in the Beijing Olympics last month. What amazes me the most is the way he captured gold in one particular race; the event he won by one-one hundredth of a second. You realize that’s the blink of an eye, right?

The commentators said the difference in the race was the way Phelps finished. His closest competitor made a stroke and glided to touch the wall, stretching out his arms as far as he could, depending on the momentum of his previous stroke. Phelps was just as close to the wall, but finished with a half-stroke. He stroked one more time and reached the wall in a blink of an eye sooner than the other fellow. That was the difference.

Sometimes the difference between winning and losing is only half a stroke. Phelps and the other swimmer were virtually identical in ability in that race, but Phelps proved that God-given ability isn’t always enough.
Determination makes you a winner. Determine to stroke to win your game of life as you listen to life and make a life today.

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