A Person: Tim Sperry and four friends set out in October of 1992 in a hurricane-wrecked boat, circumnavigated the earth and returned home in May, 1995. While Tim is “efficient” with the spoken word, he has just written a beautiful book about the journey.
An Idea: Tim and I grew up in the same small town. I’m a few years older. When I first heard about his big plans all those years ago, my initial reaction was “Who?…Where??” In my mind, my group of friends had done as least as much sailing and some of us shared the dream. But Tim and his group heeded one of my favorite quotations, ““Whatever you do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius and power and magic in it.”
I admire their courage to dream big while maintaining their every day, chore-doing grit to make it happen. I loved how their personalities blended perfectly imperfectly. Together, they were able to stay on schedule (making miles) while still reveling in the great quest. This was the fiery liftoff of their young lives — a story of the very bearable lightness of being while tethered to small boat on a big ocean. Good on ya boys!
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