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This is not a true story but the message still relevant, With one small gesture you can change a person’s life.

 

One day, when I was a freshman in high school,  I saw a kid from my class was walking home from school.  His name was Kyle.  It looked like he was carrying all of his books. I thought to myself, “Why would anyone bring home all his books on a Friday?  He must really be a nerd.”  I had quite a weekend planned (parties and a football game with my friends tomorrow afternoon), so I shrugged my shoulders and went on. As I was walking, I saw a bunch of kids running toward him.  They ran at him, knocking all his books out of his arms and tripping him so he landed in the dirt. His glasses went flying, and I saw them land in the grass about ten feet from him.

He looked up and I saw this terrible sadness in his eyes My heart went out to him. So, I jogged over to him as he crawled around looking for his glasses, and I saw a tear in his eye. As I handed him his glasses, I said, “Those guys are jerks. ”  They really should get lives.  ” He looked at me and said, “Hey thanks!”  There was a big smile on his face.  It was one of those smiles that showed real gratitude.  I helped him pick up his books, and asked him where he lived.  As it turned out, he lived near me, so I asked him why I had never seen him before.  He said he had gone to private school before now.  I would have never hung out with a private school kid before.  We talked all the way home, and I carried some of his books.  He turned out to be a pretty cool kid.

I asked him if he wanted to play a little football with my friends  He said yes.  We hung out all weekend and the more I got to know Kyle, the more I liked him, and my friends thought the same of him. Monday morning came, and there was Kyle with the huge stack of books again.  I stopped him and said, “Boy, you are gonna really build some serious muscles with this pile of books everyday!  ” He just laughed and handed me half the books.  Over the next four years, Kyle and I became best friends.

When we were seniors we began to think about college.  Kyle decided on Georgetown and I was going to Duke.  I knew that we would always be friends, that the miles would never be a problem.  He was going to be a doctor and I was going for business on a football scholarship.  Kyle was valedictorian of our class.  I teased him all the time about being a nerd.  He had to prepare a speech for graduation.  I was so glad it wasn’t me having to get up there and speak  Graduation day, I saw Kyle.  He looked great. He was one of those guys that really found himself during high school.  He filled out and actually looked good in glasses.  He had more dates than I had and all the girls loved him.  Boy, sometimes I was jealous! Today was one of those days.

I could see that he was nervous about his speech.  So, I smacked him on the back and said, “Hey, big guy, you’ll be great!”  He looked at me with one of those looks (the really grateful one) and smiled.  ” Thanks,” he said.  As he started his speech, he cleared his throat, and began “Graduation is a time to thank those who helped you make it through those tough years.  Your parents, your teachers, your siblings, maybe a coach…but mostly your friends…

I am here to tell all of you that being a friend to someone is the best gift you can give them.

I am going to tell you a story.” I just looked at my friend with disbelief as he told the story of the first day we met.  He had planned to kill himself over the weekend.  He talked of how he had cleaned out his locker so his Mom wouldn’t have to do it later and was carrying his stuff home.  He looked hard at me and gave me a little smile.  ”Thankfully, I was saved.  My friend saved me from doing the unspeakable.”  I heard the gasp go through the crowd as this handsome, popular boy told us all about his weakest moment.  I saw his Mom and dad looking at me and smiling that same grateful smile.  Not until that moment did I realize it’s depth.  Never underestimate the power of your actions.  With one small gesture you can change a person’s life.

For better or for worse.

Fear only exists in the mind. Fear is nothing more than an emotional response to our natural desire to avoid discomfort.
It is ONLY a response to an IMAGINED outcome. Many people get used to letting fear lead them through life.
They avoid anything they do not want to face, they cower away from conflict. But then fear becomes something else. They become walls that box us in
and block alternatives, they get stuck on the one path.

Then we stop recognizing fear and they become reasons on why we can’t. “I can’t , it’s too hard” Bullshit!

Fear gives you an indication you are venturing into the realm of the unfamiliar. It gives you an indication you are on the edge of your ASSUMED limits. You need to bust through these so called “limits”.

Remember everyone feels fear, The only difference in how it affects you is the way you handle it. Let fear push you forward instead of holding you back.

Be epic.

Challenge yourself to be who you know you are capable of being.
Challenge yourself to follow through.

To live what you preach, to walk your talk.

Don’t worry about how slowly you feel you’re heading toward your goals

As long as you keep doing your thing,
you’re still cruising far ahead of everyone who’s too scared to even try.

We Are Already Dead
Paul Bahder, MD

http://www.homeopathyusa.com/

In Tibet during funeral ceremonies the monks recite verses from the Tibetan Book of the Dead and keep reassuring the person that passed on saying, “You are now dead. Keep moving on and don’t look back. Realization of this truth is your awakening into reality.” While traditionally this book is read to a dying person, in the spiritual circles it is used as a guide for the living. Spiritual adepts look at the book’s instruction as manual for transition of consciousness from the life in time and space, our physical sense of life, to the spiritual realm of the eternal.

What we call “our life” is really the experience that takes place in time and space. The ever-changing character of our physical experience has led the Buddha to formulate the Law of Impermanence and Jesus to say, “My kingdom is not of this world.” The underlying commonality between these pointers to truth is the realization that the physical experience of being alive is temporary, changing and in a deeper way not the ground reality of what is. It is the realization that behind this world of appearances there exists a realm, a context that is changeless, not limited by time or space.

When we are fixated and bound by the impermanent flow of experience we are in fact unaware of the changeless context of consciousness. The relentless passing of what we see, hear, taste, touch, smell, of what we imagine or think means that we are already possessed by time and dead to the timeless. It means that time, the condition of passing on and ending everything without an exception is really the realm of death – the end of what we know.

We are in fact already dead and it is only our unresolved issues that keep us attached to the world of images and sounds that we know. Our family, the places we know, the settings that have served as the background to the story of our life – these are the emotional attachment points keeping us in the past and preventing us from recognizing that this past is in fact already GONE. We are already dead to the past. The past is no longer here. It is gone as we know it. It exists only as reflections in our mind bringing up emotional content and drawing us into the dream we call “our life.”

The 43-year-old leapt from a capsule more than 38 kilometres above the Earth, reaching a speed of 1136km/h before opening his red and white parachute and floating down to the New Mexico desert.

Mission control erupted in cheers as Baumgartner made a near-perfect jump from the capsule hoisted aloft by a giant helium-filled balloon to an altitude of 128,097 feet (39,044 metres), even higher than expected.

Here is a couple of images i made just for the occasion

What do you think about it?

“You may not realize it when it happens, but a kick in the teeth may be the best thing in the world for you.” – Walt Disney

Push through the pain, and conquer the obstacles. Regardless of what you think today, it wont matter 5 years from now. SO DON’T BE AFRAID! – Unknown

Even the greatest was once a beginner. Don’t be afraid to take that first step. – Unknown

Do you give as much energy to your dreams as you do to your fears? – Unknown

Think outside of the box, create your own path in life. “You laugh at me because I am different; I laugh because you are all the same.”
~ Daniel Knode

Why have you not broken from the pack? You’re playing it safe. Safe aint gonna get you sh!t in this world” -Stone Cold Steve Austin (WWE Superstar)

Don’t always scrape & search for compliments. Criticism is what builds character & strength! – Unknown

There’s a thin line between losing & winning. Losing breeds winners. The main recipe to success is through failures & hardships! – Unknown

Don’t say you don’t have enough time. You have exactly the same number of hours per day that were given to Helen Keller, Bill Gates, Michelangelo, Mother Teresa, Leonardo da Vinci, Thomas Jefferson, and Albert Einstein. – Unknown

Many fear competition from others. But the biggest critic should be the person in the mirror. – Unknown

‎”Remember that everyone you meet is afraid of something, loves something, and has lost something.” – H. Jackson Brown Jr.

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Too many to go through so i will dump the whole lot in one go.

“The only place were ‘success’ comes before ‘work’ is in the dictionary”

Obsessed is the word the lazy use to describe the dedicated

“Everybody wants to be a bodybuilder but don’t nobody wanna lift no heavy ass weights.” Ronnie Coleman

“It’s a lifestyle – train like there’s no finish line.”

“You focus your mind to train your body and the changes that begin to take place impact your mind as well. Dream it, believe it, and you will achieve it.”

WORK NOT TO LOOK GOOD, BUT MAKE OTHERS LOOK BAD

“If it is important to you, you will find a way. If not, you’ll find an excuse.”

“Be proud, but never satisfied.”

“If you always do what you have always done, then you will always get what you have always got.”

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog” – Magic Johnson, NBA Star

“Pain is temporary, pride is forever” – Unknown

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion.” – Muhammad Ali, Boxer

“Try and fail is the manner of losers; try and learn is the way of the strong.” – Unknown

“Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret!” – Unknown

“Only the weak attempts to accomplish what he knows he can already achieve.” – Stella Juarez Author

“Failure will not overcome me so long as my will to succeed is stronger” – Micheal S. Kirby

“If you are hurt, whether in mind or body, don’t nurse your bruises. Get up and light-heartedly, courageously, good temperedly get ready for the next encounter. This is the only way to take life – this is also ‘playing’ the game!” – Emily Post

“The human body experiences a powerful gravitational pull in the direction of hope” – Norman Cousins Author

“That which does not kill me makes me stronger” – Friedrich Nietzsche, Philosopher, Poet, and Classical Philologist

“Fall down seven times, get up eight” -Chinese proverb

“There is nothing we cannot live down, rise above, and overcome.” – Ella Wheeler Wilcox

“Success must be felt within before it can be seen on the outside.” – Unknown

“There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.” – Ralph Marston, Author and Publisher of The Daily Motivator

“You have to do what others won’t to achieve what others don’t.” – Unknown

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer

“Pain is only weakness leaving the body” – Unknown

“Good luck is the result of hard work and preparation” – Unknown

“Strength is the product of struggle” – Unknown

“The race goes not only to the swift nor the contest to the strong, but that’s the way to bet your money” – Unknown

“How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?” -Jason Bishop, About Bodybuilding Reader

“Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you” – Ovid

“The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground” – Unknown

“It’s about mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter” -Unknown

“Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.” – Unknown

“We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It’s not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist.” Vince McConnell

“The mind is the limit. As long as the mind can envision the fact that you can do something. You can do it, as long as you really believe 100 percent.” -Arnold Schwarzenegger

“There are only two options regarding commitment, You’re either in or your out. There’s no such thing as life in between.” – Anonymous

Obsessed is just a word the lazy use to describe the dedicated.” -Anonymous

“It’s never too late to become what you might have been”. -George Elliot

“Belief triggers the power to do” -David Schwartz

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” – Marilyn vos Savant, Columnist

“It’s about mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter” -Unknown

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lena Horne, Singer

“The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers. – Brian Tracy, Motivational speaker

“Your body hears everything your mind says.” – Naomi Judd, Singer/Songwriter

“The man who has no imagination has no wings. ” – Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion, Peace Ambassador

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” -Wayne Gretzky, Professional Hockey Player

“The harder you work, the luckier you get.” -Gary Player, Golfer

“Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do” – John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach

“There are no secrets to success. It is the result of preparation, hard work, and learning form failure. – Colin Powell, U.S. Secretary of State

“I like thinking big. If you’re going to be thinking anything, you might as well think big.” – Donald Trump, Entrepreneur

“Life shrinks or expands in proportion to ones courage.” – Anais Nin

“Quitters never win and winners never quit ” – anonymous

“To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift” Steve Prefontaine, runner

“Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.”- Chinese Proverb

“Things do not change. We change.” – Henry David Thoreau, Author/Philosopher

Hard work is a two-way street. You get back exactly what you put in.

Pain is temporary. It may last a minute, or an hour, or a day, or a year, but eventually it will subside and something else will take its place. If I quit, however, it lasts forever.
Lance Armstrong

“If you don’t go after what you want, you’ll never have it. If you don’t ask, the answer is always no. If you don’t step forward, you’re always in the same place.”

“Many people believe things happen to a reason, well I say go out and make those things happen

try and fail but dont fail to try

“You give what you give, what you dont give is lost forever, this day will never come again”

“I have found iron to be my greatest friend. It never freaks out on me. It never runs. Friends may come and go but two hundred pounds is always two hundred pounds. There is no better way to fight weakness than with strength, Once the mind and body have been awakened to their true potential, its impossible to turn back, the iron never lies to you.

“Just say to yourself… how bad do I want this? Am I working harder than the person who will be standing next to me?”

The meaning of life is not simply to exist, to survive, but to move ahead, to go up, to achieve, to conquer.”

“Limitations are for people that have them and excuses are for people that need them.” ? Unknown

“Strength is the product of struggle” – Unknown

“The race goes not only to the swift nor the contest to the strong, but that’s the way to bet your money” – Unknown

“How am I to know what I can achieve if I quit?” -Jason Bishop, About Bodybuilding Reader

“Be patient and tough; some day this pain will be useful to you” – Ovid

“The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground” – Unknown

“It’s about mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter” -Unknown

“Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.” – Unknown

“We must train from the inside out. Using our strengths to attack and nullify any weaknesses. It’s not about denying a weakness may exist but about denying its right to persist.” Vince McConnell

“Belief triggers the power to do” -David Schwartz

“Being defeated is often a temporary condition. Giving up is what makes it permanent.” – Marilyn vos Savant, Columnist

“It’s about mind over matter. If you don’t mind, it don’t matter” -Unknown

“It’s not the load that breaks you down, it’s the way you carry it.” – Lena Horne, Singer

“The act of taking the first step is what separates the winners from the losers. – Brian Tracy, Motivational speaker

“Your body hears everything your mind says.” – Naomi Judd, Singer/Songwriter

“The man who has no imagination has no wings. ” – Muhammad Ali, Boxing Champion, Peace Ambassador

“You miss 100 percent of the shots you never take.” -Wayne Gretzky, Professional Hockey Player

“The harder you work, the luckier you get.” -Gary Player, Golfer

“Don’t let what you can’t do interfere with what you can do” – John Wooden, UCLA Basketball Coach

“To give any less than your best is to sacrifice a gift” Steve Prefontaine, runner

“Great souls have wills; feeble ones have only wishes.”- Chinese Proverb

“Things do not change. We change.” – Henry David Thoreau, Author/Philosopher

“Never be bullied into silence. Never allow yourself to be made a victim. Accept no one’s definition of your life; define yourself.”
– Harvey Fierstein

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, ”Don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life as a champion.”
– Mahummad Ali

“One man has enthusiasm for 30 minutes, another for 30 days, but it is the man who has it for 30 years who makes a success of his life.”
- Edward B. Butler

“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”
- Anonymous

“Great minds must be ready not only to take opportunities, but to make them.”
- Anonymous

“Todays preparation determines tomorrow’s achievement.”
- Anonymous

“The man who cannot believe in himself cannot believe in anything else.”
- Anonymous

“Always act as though it were impossible to fail.”
- Anonymous

“Every job is a self-portrait of the person who did it. Autograph your work with excellence.”
- Anonymous

“Desire is the key to motivation, but it’s the determination and commitment to an unrelenting pursuit of your goal- a commitment to excellence- that will enable you to attain the success you seek.”
- Anonymous

29 life lessons learned in traveling the world for 8 years straight

http://www.fluentin3months.com/life-lessons/

1. Everyone everywhere basically wants the same thing
2. Deferring your happiness to the future is a terrible idea
3. “Someday my ship will come in” is bull****. You will NEVER win the lottery. Be practical.
4. There’s no such thing as destiny. This is excellent news!
5. Seek out people with different beliefs and views of the world to yours and get to know their side of the story
6. Living a good life is the best way possible to convince people
7. Nobody has it all figured out
8. There’s no shame in saying “I don’t know”
9. More money will NEVER solve your problems
10. Possessions own you
11. TV is the greatest black hole of time available to mankind
12. The Internet is the greatest tool ever available to us, but daily use must be capped
13. Get outside and do something with other people
14. Speaking only English is incredibly limiting to non-tourist travelers
15. Modern foreign culture does not have to satisfy your stereotypes
16. Take your time
17. You can’t please everyone
18. Trying to be cool or following trends is for mindless sheep
19. Make mistakes – and LOTS of them!
20. Wear sunscreen
21. Stop thinking so much and act
22. Dance and sing whenever possible
23. Making new friends is easy and so is appreciating your current ones
24. You don’t know what you’ve got ’till its gone
25. Swallow your pride and apologise
26. Doing anything specifically to impress people is stupid
27. People are not alone in being alone
28. Love isn’t “all” you need, but if you don’t have it in some form, your life will be very empty
29. The most important lessons in life can never be expressed in black and white, but must be experienced

Random quotes collected from around the web.

“It’s not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog” – Magic Johnson, NBA Star

“Pain is temporary, pride is forever” – Unknown

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer

“I hated every minute of training, but I said, don’t quit. Suffer now and live the rest of your life a champion.” – Muhammad Ali, Boxer

“Try and fail is the manner of losers; try and learn is the way of the strong.” – Unknown

“Suffer the pain of discipline or suffer the pain of regret!” – Unknown

“Success must be felt within before it can be seen on the outside.” – Unknown

“There are plenty of difficult obstacles in your path. Don’t allow yourself to become one of them.” – Ralph Marston, Author and Publisher of The Daily Motivator

“You have to do what others won’t to achieve what others don’t.” – Unknown

“Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you.” – Ralph Waldo Emerson, Philosopher & Writer

“Pain is only weakness leaving the body” – Unknown

“The quality of a persons life is in direct proportion to their commitment to excellence, regardless of their chosen field of endeavor.”- Anonymous

“People seldom improve when they have no other model but themselves to copy after.” – Anonymous

“Accept the challenges, so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” – Anonymous
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I made this separate from the other quotes as i made this image up for a request so this is OC guys.

To reach greatness, sacrifices must be made. You have to be willing to push harder, climb harder, and dig deeper.
When obstacles arise that might buckle the commons man’s knees, you burst through because it’s your only option.
There will be pain. There will be suffering. But where others fall, you continue to rise. Many are mediocre.
Few are great. I’ve made my choice.

Have you made yours?