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Wednesday, March 2, 2011

What 7000 miles has taught me so far

It doesn't matter where you are in the world...

there are problems everywhere.

there will always be people who complain about the system but don't do anything to change it.

there will always people who manage to inspire people even in the midst of their own problems and challenges they face.

people who inspire others usually have fun doing so, and by putting a smile on others' faces put a smile on their own.

tough choices are everywhere.

it's way too easy to become the person you swore to yourself you'd never be and judged others for being.

things always look a whole lot different when you're actually on the other side of the fence.

people change, come, and go, whether you want them to or not.

in every dark day there's something beautiful to be found if you're looking hard enough.

the best way to embrace the present is to stop comparing it to yesterday and tomorrow.

And finally,

wherever you go in the world, there's a whole lot of lonely people out there.

“It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” -Theodore Roosevelt

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