Inspired by "the message" of "being able to rise up in life..."

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Before the New England Patriots visited President Donald Trump in the White House, quarterback Jacoby Brissett wrote this note.  Regardless of who you are, any political stance, or any circumstances in your life, most everyone would see the inspirational aspect of Obama's Presidency: 

Dear Big O,I am writing you this letter to say thank you. I want to thank you for what you have done for this country – outside of politics. Honestly, I don’t know enough about politics to judge what was good or bad, but I want you to know that when you said “Yes We Can” – a young man dreaming a dream from rough circumstances in Florida heard you. When you were elected President for the first time I was 16 and I watched you make the never-imaginable, attainable and I heard your cry to inspire hope. I used those words as motivation and saw your achievement as an opportunity and permission to work make my dreams come true too. You were the President of the United States – the highest office in the world. You broke a barrier and a stereotype proving not every minority has to use a ball to make a way. You’ve inspired a lifetime of dreamers young and old. Now, kids from my community – and my future children – will know that there is no dream too big – even they could be the President of the United States. As I prepare for the honor of visiting the White House, I will be there as a Super Bowl Champion – and I will think of you, mainly because the White House is a different, and better place because you lived there. I was a kid that came from nothing and I am living out one of the greatest dreams of my life. I am just grateful for the opportunity to walk on the same steps as you did, and to have a platform to inspire and I hope to leave my mark on history the way you did. One day, when I meet you, I will shake your hand and say thank you to your face but until then this kid is going to continue to dream until I can’t anymore. Thank you for blazing a trail, but for more than that, for leaving a paved road behind you for others to climb on.

The biggest adventure you can take is to live the life of your DREAMS – Oprah
Yes we can!! DREAM BIG!!
Thank you, Jacoby Brissett
P.S Holla at me to help you with your broke jump shot

The sad thing is that many people see themselves as stuck with a particular identity, way of being, as if that were a permanent, branded part of them.  Few people see how they have the basic ability (with the three pound miracle inside of their skull) to learn anything and therefore do anything that anyone else can do, if we learn and do what those people who did it did. Only a self-selected few will do that.  All who succeed will do so through a commitment to learn, learning virtually every day, reading perhaps an hour a day, and spending time finding out how things work, copying what has worked wherever possible (and copying those whose traits and/or success they admire)....

There is virtually no one who cannot build a great life.  But who will step up and do it.  Who will step outside of "well, this is just the way life is"?  I would hope that a few of the people who are reading this blog and The Site will understand the necessity of investing the time needed to create the great life and know they can do it, simply by following the steps.  To the extent I might contribute to that, I am deeply grateful and happier.  

It is remarkable what we can make of life... truly... If we only so choose...


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