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What a blessing to be alive in a wonderful world of unlimited possibilities．After contracting Hodgkin's disease at seven and being given six months to live, I recovered．I’m not dying of cancer．I’m 1 with it． 2 what comes my way, I don’t have to be afraid any more．
In the second year of high school, the class was scheduled to run the 3 �。�Due to the swelling and 4 from surgery on my leg, for two years I hadn't worn shorts and lived in 5 �。�Yet that day, I was ready－shorts, heart and mind．When the coach yelled, “Ready．Set．Go!” I ran faster than anyone else for the first 20 feet, 6 to finish first．As we came around the first of four laps, there were students all over the 7 ．By the end of the second and third laps, many of the students had already 8 and were on the ground breathing deeply．By the time I hit the fourth lap, I was 9 �。�Then it hit me．I realized nobody had given up． 10 , everyone had already finished．I cried．12 minutes, 42 seconds after starting, I 11 the finish line．I fell to the ground, 12 �。�
Suddenly my coach ran up to me and 13 , yelling, “You did it, Manuel．You finished, son．”He looked me 14 in the eyes, waving a piece of paper in his hand．It was my 15 for the day, which I had forgotten．He read it aloud to everyone．It simply said, “I, Manuel Diotte, will finish the mile run tomorrow, whatever 16 come．No 17 or frustration will stop me． 18 capable of finishing, and with God as strength, I'll finish．”My heart 19 and tears went away．It was then 20 I realized winning is not always finishing first．Sometimes winning is just finishing．
