Work By Faith

Florence Chadwick’s 1952 effort to swim from Catalina Island to the California coast is a favorite motivational story. The day was so foggy she could barely see the boats that accompanied her. Exhausted after swimming for more than 15 hours, unable to see her destination, she gave up. She learned later that she was less than half a mile from the coast. She told reporters, “All I could ... The post…