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Gerald R. Ford's Material from the Writing of "A Time to Heal"
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President Gerald R. Ford's handwritten reflections, 1977 or 1978
Scanned from the collection Gerald R. Ford: Materials from the writing of A Time
To Heal at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library
While writing his autobiography, A Time to Heal (New York: Harper & Row, 1979), President
Gerald R. Ford composed a series of personal reflections on twenty-seven topics. What makes
these documents so unusual is not only their introspection but also their form. President Ford
recorded these observations by hand, writing in blue ball point on his favored yellow writing
tablets. He did not expend time and energy to polish and edit his writing, apparently planning to
do so when incorporating them into the book. Therefore occasional spelling or grammatical
errors or incomplete thoughts appear.
For each reflection the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library has scanned President Ford's
handwritten document and added a Library-produced transcription below to aid in reading the
reflection.
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Athletics & Importance of Keeping Fit
Athletics merges the conditioning of one's body and the stimulation of a person's mind. Any
sport team or individual competition challenges one to a higher degree of physical improvement
which in turn betters health, appearance and increases self confidence. Every game pits body
against body but each contest challenges the minds of the contestants. So, athletics combines
skills of brain & brawn to make one a more [unrecognized word] person who can live longer and
enjoy life more fully.
There are other dividends from participation in sports such as widening one's circle of friends,
learning how to compete under pressure, and handling one's self in the sadness of losing and the
glory of winning.