Need a reason to smile? Need a new daily routine to instantly make you feel good and make the good vibes flow? Need a reminder to enjoy life everyday?
Then you need to watch Sean Stephenson’s Dance Party.
Watch the story of Kakenya and how nothing meant more to her than education. She committed herself mind, body, and soul to her goal and then was the first girl from her village in Africa to go to college.
Robyn Rosenberger started sewing superhero capes for her nephew, her son, and her dog. At the same time she was reading the blog of a young girl named Brenna who was born with a rare and severe skin disease.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jukv9Q1eR2g
“You can move a mountain, You can break rocks, You can be a master, Don’t wait for luck, Dedicate yourself and you can find yourself, sitting in the hall of fame!”
This is an email that has been floating around the internet for years but it has a simple, beautiful message. Many people think wisdom comes with age and years of experience; but when you see the responses given by a group of 4-8 year olds interviewed about what love means, you will see that understanding love is very simple. Take a look…
“What Love means to a 4-8 year old: A group of professional people posed this question to a group of 4 to 8 year-olds, ’What does love mean?’ The answers they got were broader and deeper than anyone could have imagined”
See what you think… Continue reading
In Ellie Goulding’s song, “Anything Could Happen,” she delivers a very simple message; life can be what ever you want it to be. Find what it is you want and pursue it, take a step today and don’t let other people’s fear or insecurities keep you from shining the way you are meant to!
“The word is alive and it is waiting, waiting for you to summon it like a soldier and send it into battle… so speak.” (Warning: Explicit Language)
Although this song may not be for everyone, the speech in the beginning is wonderfully enlightening on how our words can change people’s lives. Give it a listen and think how you can more effectively use your words to conquer fear, insecurity, and doubt in your life.
If you found out you only had a few months to live, how would you decide to spend your time? Where would you focus your energy? Zach Sobiech decided to live, and I mean really live. Watch his story below…
(M.I.F.M.O.L.) Also, check out Zach’s special video for one of his songs “Clouds”
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7zxXAtmmLLc
See below for some of my favorite quotes from this wonderful story… Continue reading
Connor and Cayden Long are two brothers that have a unique bond. They are two young boys who run in triathlons together. As if that wasn’t amazing enough; Cayden, the younger brother, has cerebral palsy. Conner, the older brother, has told everyone that he refuses to run without his brother. “Without Cayden, it wouldn’t be a team; because there is no ‘I’ in team,” says Conner. Watch this three-minute, thirty-second video to be inspired by the connection shared by two amazing brothers…
Everyone has unique gifts, talents, abilities, and strengths. Don’t let anything or anyone stifle the beautiful gifts you have to offer the world. If music fills you up with joy in a way that nothing else can, embrace it, run with it, find a way to make it what your life is all about.
Something that has been missing so far from my blog is music, but rest assured, it is going to become a major part of FYSL. Check out Jake Miller’s song on how pursuing his passion allowed him to change people’s lives all over the world.