I rummage around my office for a Mary Oliver poem.

I'm not much of a poetry type.

Why hint around?

Just come out and say it.

But Mary Oliver is the one poet who does speak to me, and it's that one work of hers,

I just know it's going to give me a spark. Here it is, the summer day. And here is specifically

that last brilliant line. Tell me, what is it you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?

I recite that line multiple times daily over the month I turn 60. I'm ready. I'm ready to catapult

myself back to not a fingernail better.

It's been decades since I've been a champion swimmer,

but one epic venture still swims around in the back of my imagination.

It's known as the Mount Everest of the Earth's oceans,

the crossing between Havana and Key West. I tried it once, way back at age

28, and failed. By the 1980s, Diana Nyad had left competitive swimming behind, embarking on a

successful career as a sports broadcaster.

But after a meeting with Superman actor Christopher Reeve, whose throw from a horse left him

paralyzed from the shoulders down, she is reminded of a challenge that once fueled her early

athletic ambitions. In today's meditative story, Diana, inspired by her encounter with Superman,

recommits to living every day just past the limit of what seems endurable.

In this series, we combine immersive first-person stories, breathtaking music, and mindfulness

prompts so that we may see our lives reflected back to us

in other people's stories

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