Dangerously Empowered

Yesterday, I watched this video about starting a running program and training for a 5K.

I was taken by the author's assertion that making a change, such as beginning to run, can spill over into the rest of one's life, and the results may be dangerously empowering. 

I love this term and it has been sitting in the forefront of my consciousness ever since. Although, of course, dangerously here means something like deliciously or thrillingly. This is what we are hoping for, right? Not just the sit ups, but also the magical empowerment to live a life that is full of our most desired experiences. 

I wrote at the start that I would like to travel and make the world a better place, as well as be strong enough to do 365 sit ups. I'm not done, I guess that's the point for me. And the stronger I am, the better I will be able to continue existing into very old age--traveling, making art, and maybe even living more than several dangerously empowered decades. 

I particularly love the idea of being dangerously empowered and 85-years-old.