One stroke at a time

Roz Savage and Margo Pelligrino are inspiring women.

Both have taken on extraordinary challenges to help bring

attention to the state of the oceans. Both are, I hope, forcing

people to think about what each and every one of us are

doing to play our parts.

Roz Savage quit a career as a business consultant after

realizing that the obituary that would be written about

her wasn't true to who she felt she was. She has now

rowed across the Atlantic Ocean and is presently rowing

across the Pacific Ocean. That's right, rowing across

the Oceans alone. You might want to check out Roz's

talk on www.TED.com.

Margo Pellegrino is the mother of 2 young Children. She decided

that she had to teach her kids what is important by example.

She couldn't just talk about the "right things" to do. Margo

has paddled her outrigger canoe from Miami to Maine and from

Florida to New Orleans to bring attention to the state of the

Oceans. This year Margo is going to paddle from Seattle to

San Diego.

Both these heroic women are making a difference one stroke

at a time. Both setting amazing examples and calling us to

task. How can you change your life? How can you change

your habits or your way of thinking? As Roz said so eloquently

"one stroke at a time", that's how you row across an ocean.

That's how you make the changes in your life you'd like to make.