The question I always ask my audience is the same question I show you：Are you creating your own destiny,

　　or are you creating someone else's destiny? What do I mean by this? Consider the story of Cliff Young,

　　a humble potato farmer in Australia,

　　who consciously decided at age 57 to create his own destiny. Up to this point his destiny was running the family farm and settling for a life of hard work. However,

　　Cliff was quietly having a passion for long­distance running.

　　Soon he was seen in the wet Australian countryside training in a raincoat and gum boots. It did not matter to him that he was 57 years old,

　　ill­equipped and drastically out of running shape. He ignored those who mocked him and the drivers who tried to run him off the backcountry roads.

　　In May 1983,

　　after four years of constant training, Cliff Young shocked the world. At 61 he won the first Sydney­to­Melbourne ultramarathon—a distance of 875 kilometers(nearly 545 miles),

　　beating some of the world's best­conditioned athletes in their 20s and 30s!

　　No matter what your age is and in spite of your current challenges,

　　be more like Cliff Young and take control of your future. Embrace the belief that it is never too late to create your own destiny and achieve prosperity.

　　20．The purpose of the writer is to tell us ________.

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