of these challenges, you fail. Not too often, or too
hard or too tragically. But only through failure or
making mistakes, do you get to realize your full
potential and what you are capable of. When the
rubber meets the road, I hope you remember these
words spoken by Christopher Robin to Pooh Bear:
“You are braver than you believe, stronger than
you seem and smarter than you think”. In my life,
it has been the overcoming of failures, surrounded
by people who love and support me, that stick out
as major accomplishments that I am most proud
of. When you make a mistake, learn from it! Lick
your wounds, but not for too long. Pick yourself
up and figure out how to do the next right thing.
Nothing will make you prouder of yourself than
making decisions that will help you overcome ad-
versity.
Be grateful. Grateful for the lives you have lead
up to this point. Grateful for