One is you should never never give up. Two is you are never too old to chase your dreams. And three is it looks like a solitary sport but it takes a team.

Those were the three messages 64-year-old Diana Nyad said to the crowd after finishing the historic swim from Cuba to Key West. They make a nice counterpoint to her message after an unsuccessful attempt last year.

Instead of staying on the couch for a lifetime, and letting this precious time go by, why not be bold? Be fiercely bold and go out and chase your dreams.

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“To achieve great things, two things are needed: a plan and not quite enough time.”― Leonard Bernstein

— Stokefire Branding (@stokefire) June 2, 2013

We can bury our heads in the sand and say the problem is so big that we're never going to be able to create solutions or we can take the plus one approach—meaning that every positive action, no matter how small is a step in the right direction.

• Cathal Armstrong in Arlington