I locked my bike at one end of Fort De Soto and drove to the other Armed with sunscreen and one 41 heart, I was read;}. Ready to walk. Ready to 42 my life. It had been a; 43 year. I lost my parents. After a year of 44,something had to change.
I make my living onstage as a motivational speaker. I teach people how to be 45 . Thoughts are very 46 , and you will prove what your mind expects, good or bad. I believed it all. because it always 47 . Until it didn’t
I 48 that, if it lasted any longer, the 49 that had been around me would never leave. The 50 came to me on a Sunday: I would walk Pinellas County’s gulf (海湾)coastline, all of it. Spending endless hours 51 where the water meets the sky would heal my hurt. I 52 it. This was my Forrest Gump moment.
On my first day, the first thing I saw was the Skyway Bridge in the distance. 1’d 53 that bridge every week for the last 15 years to visit my parents. A pang (一 阵剧痛)of sadness shot through me, but
it didn’t 54 , Instead, I thought about what I’d 55 • On my second day, I was not sad, but not really happy. I slept straight through the night and 56 excited. For the first time in a very long time, 1 was more interested in what was in front of me than what was 57 .
The final part of my quest (探索)was the islands. When I got there, I needed to do something to mark the 58 , so I got on my knees to write in the sand: “DONE
Looking back, it was the 59 word. Sure, I was done walking. But I was also done feeling like a 60 . I was done with the darkness. 1,d turned the corner.