| Message | Dear Doug,
You are one of the best people on the planet: caring, kind, insightful and someone who lives life to the fullest. My admiration for you is profound.
An incredible experince awaits you. Those of us who will chart your course from a distance will hold you close to our hearts on your journey. The joy of your accomplishment will exceed the price to achieve it, a tariff that you continue to pay through training that will benefit you immeasurably as you scale heights, lean into curves, plunge into descents, battle fatigue and find in zones that only you will be able to define the inner places where your soul will sing.
My thoughts will be with you on your incredible journey: for safety and joy along the way. You travel with my hopes and prayers on your shoulders, and these words from "A Prayer for the Road": "God, may it be Your will to guide me in peace, to direct my journey in peace, to uphold me in peace, and to lead me in health and joy to the destinations that I desire. Deliver me from all hurt along the way, and from all afflictions that trouble the world. Send blessings to the work of my hands, feet and eyes. Strengthen my body. Let me obtain grace, lovingkindness and mercy in Your eyes and in the eyes of all who behold me."
May you continue to inspire us as we, from afar, pray for and support you.
Fondly,
Elliot |