Quotes I Love

”When you come to the end of your rope, tie a knot and hang on.” - Franklin D. Roosevelt

Living Hero

Even though his best days were 30 years ago, Rick Hansen is a truly inspirational man and in my eyes, a hero. Copying Terry Fox' idea to travel on foot, Rick with his spinal injury started his Man in Motion tour in 1985. He raised $26 Million from the tour alone and has raised over $200 Million for spinal cord research and programs and quality of lives initiative with the Rick Hansen Foundation. Rick's other notable achievements are his performances in the Paralympic Games. He has won 3 golds and 2 silvers in the Games for Canada. He is a truly inspirational man and deserves to be classified as a hero. Below is the site of his foundation.


http://www.rickhansen.com/

Quotes I Love

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started” – Mark Twain

Proudest Moment

 One of my proudest moments is actually one that has occurred more than once. Whenever I am at dance or at a dance convention and there is a guest teacher, the role of the dancers is essentially to show off. You treat it as if it were an audition and make the teacher love you because you never know when you might run into them again. Sometimes in workshops, the teacher will pick out individuals to do the choreo because they thought they did it well. It is such a proud moment to be picked to perform and it gives you a big boost of   confidence.

Quotes I Love

“Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase.” – Martin Luther King, Jr.

Thing you'd NEVER do...but would like to.

About 3 years ago I watched a video titled "Humans are Awesome" and in this video was a guy featured jumping off a cliff and using this suit he had made to fly. This has gained a lot of popularity and people push it to the limits and fly anywhere close to a few inches away from the cliff face. I was the coolest thing I had seen in a long time and it made we want to do it. Sure, I would love to go base jumping, bungee jumping or skydiving...but who can say they've gone wing suit flying? The site below talks about the science behind it and the history of wing suit flying. One day...

http://adventure.howstuffworks.com/wingsuit-flying.htm

Quotes I Love

"Do what you love and the money will follow." - Marsha Sinetar

Life is Over...one moment.

Suppose my life ended right now, and with the 17 years of life I had lived, I had to pick one moment to keep in a box with me, which one would it be? When I first heard the question I was literally stumped for about half an hour. After thinking about it for some time, I had a toss up of a few of them.

The moment I decided to pick was the moment I received an acceptance letter from the P.N.E to start working in the parade. It brought me so much joy to know that my audition went well and that all my hard work and training had paid off to some extent. I would start the memory from the moment I checked the mail and saw the letter to the point where I was screaming at my parents. It truly was a proud moment.