NDCQ - Not Dead Can't Quit

My story begins with a little bit of heart break. I had been dating a girl for about eight years, since I was an eighteen year old young man. It was a young and sometimes dumb relationship, but overall it was a good one. We had loved each other very much, and to make a long story short, she had gotten sick of my "downer" ways. She finally decided to break up with me, and pursue a career teaching in Germany. This is how my comeback story begins...

After being crushed by the "love of my life", and after being left all alone, I decided that I didn't much like the company I kept, that company being myself. This is when I decided that I needed to change who I was from the ground up. I bought some exercise gear, some running shoes, and ran my first twelve miles in a local park. It was kind of like my "Run, Forrest, Run!" moment in my life. I never stopped working out and kept it moving the whole time.

These goals have led my to reach even more milestones.  I went back to college, started teaching, eating right, and being an overall better person. I would never change the way I am now. I look back at the man I was and I will never return there, but I will never forget the lessons it taught me either. Thankfully for Macks book, it has made me realize all of my goals and hard work has not been for naught. Thanks Mack! Never quit!