Let Him Run

Posted to FaceBook Mar. 12.
I recently re-watched "Secretariat", the movie about the horse who won the triple crown in 1973.  Spoiler alert:  If you haven't seen the film and you would like to watch it as a surprise, you might not want to read this.

After winning two of the three Triple Crown races, the owner and trainer started preparing for the final and longest of the three races, the Belmont, and pondered their strategy.  Should they do what all others usually did and let their horse rest, or should they trust their instincts and train Secretariat hard so that he would be prepared for the long distance and be able to win against his closest competitor, who was a long distance runner. 

Training hard was not the conventional wisdom because with that came the risk of hurting or ruining a horse.  Most would hold their horse back in fear that something might go wrong.  However, they decided to train him hard and trust their instincts, and believe that Secretariat would know what he wants to do.

Race day comes.  Secretariat and his closest competitor dominate the race.  They are neck and neck most of the way.  The owner yells out, "Let him run!"  The jockey stops holding him back and lets him go, lets him be all that he is, and he wins the Belmont by 31 lengths.

I believe we are all Secretariats.  And when we stop holding ourselves back, and let ourselves run, we all win our Triple Crown.