{"id":1558,"date":"2013-06-16T15:12:41","date_gmt":"2013-06-16T14:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/?p=1558"},"modified":"2013-06-16T15:12:41","modified_gmt":"2013-06-16T14:12:41","slug":"race-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/race-life\/","title":{"rendered":"Race For Life"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-1562\" alt=\"Race For Life 2013\" src=\"http:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Race-For-Life-2013-300x195.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"195\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Race-For-Life-2013-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Race-For-Life-2013-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Race-For-Life-2013-400x261.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/Race-For-Life-2013.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>What a fantastic sight seeing an amazingly large number of ladies, young and not so young, all taking part in the Race For Life event today. Raising awareness and funds for the ongoing battle against cancer.<\/p>\n<p>This vile disease that causes so much loss, pain, impact and devastation on the lives of so many.<\/p>\n<p>All of the people taking part were championing the cause \u2013 so many poignantly running for people they know, or knew, who have been struck down by the dreadful illness. Some running fast and sprinting to the finishing line, some less fit and walking their way around. All keen to make a difference. All honoring the cause so visibly.<\/p>\n<p>As I wandered home it reminded me of the quotation by Margaret Mead:<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>\u201cNever believe that a few caring people can&#8217;t change the world. For, indeed, that&#8217;s all who ever have.\u201d<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>It also stirred up a few more thoughts too:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>When was the last time I was one of those \u2018few caring people\u2019 who was striding out to make a difference?<\/li>\n<li>When could I be one of those few caring people\u2019 who will stride out again to make a difference?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And the real tough one\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>What do I believe in so passionately that will make me one of those \u2018few caring people\u2019 who will stride out and make a difference?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>How about you?<\/p>\n<p>Thank you Race For Life \u2013 you made my blood race with life.<\/p>\n<p>My best wishes,<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong><em>Peter<\/em><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What a fantastic sight seeing an amazingly large number of ladies, young and not so young, all taking part in the Race For Life event today. Raising awareness and funds for the ongoing battle against cancer.<\/p>\n<p>This vile disease that causes so much loss, pain, impact and devastation on the lives of so many.<\/p>\n<p>All of the people taking part were championing the cause \u2013 so many poignantly running for people they know, or knew, who have been struck down by the dreadful illness. Some running fast and sprinting to the finishing line, some less fit and walking their way around. All keen to make a difference. All honoring the cause so visibly.<\/p>\n<p>As I wandered home <\/p>\n<p>Continue reading <a href=\"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/race-life\/\">Race For Life<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1558","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-personal-reflection","odd"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1558"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1565,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1558\/revisions\/1565"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1558"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1558"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.peterjohnsononline.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1558"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}