Dear Polo,

I know what it feels to be helpless in a world of good and evil, in a world that can take human souls, chew them up and spit them out. But what is it to feel hopeless. They say that's what makes us human beings and different from other animals because we have Hope. So when someone is hopeless and loses faith in themselves, life, love, and the world, why is the best thing to do is remove themselves from it? Polo I wish I could get a do over to give you more of my time towards the end of your days. Where there's new life there's death, where there's happiness there's always sadness. Truly Ying and Yang of the world we live in. I believe everything happens for a reason. Maybe the hurt would be even more unbearable the more I knew of your sadness and wanting to leave us. We are not immortal. Everyone leaves this world at some point. Some way too young and some way too soon. Polo you were one of those who left us way too soon. It saddens my heart that what has been left here representing you leaves a bitter taste in everyone's mouth, not of how you lived, not of how you died, but how your memory will live on. Those who knew you will combat that bitterness with sweet and happy memories of the person you were. How giving and sweet, thoughtful and down to earth, a hard worker and someone who wanted to make it better. Ive never lost someone this way and hope I never do again. I will try everyday to be a better me and let people know how much they mean to me. RIP now until eternity. And you will never be forgotten.

Inspirational and motivational

Every single episode of The Biggest Loser always makes me cry. Just the transformation that people make on this show inspires me all the time. If you haven't watched an episode get on it. NBC Mondays at 8pm eastern

LOVE!

Real talk!

Hipster Rogers...it's only the beginning.

A fan already

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The end of the Last Lecture...

So as I finally wrapped up this amazing book I am truly blessed and grateful to have received this gift. So thank you Ariel. And in return I paid it forward twice.

Im just taking this time to wrap up on the last couple of chapters and key things that stood out to me:
Chapter 39: Be the first Penguin
EXPERIENCE is what you get when you didn't get what you wanted. How true is that. It comes into play when hitting those brick walls again or disappointments. It's all about how you take it and move forward with your life and grow from there leading me into a very important lesson that I always thought to be vital in life just as a human being. Randy would always tell his students "go out and do for others what somebody did for you". I've always known this in life. And if I could help anyone with my experience then I've done something right in my life and it's super rewarding.
Another key thing that I take away with me from this book is the art of an apology. I was struggling with this and probably have done it wrong in the past...a lot, but here are his 3 key parts:
1. What I did was wrong
2. I feel badly that I hurt you
3. How do I make this better?
Simple right. Lol. You try it.

Chap 48: tell the truth all the time!
Plain and simple

Work on your true potentiality. A lot of us myself included don't use even a inkling of our potential every day. Know you can always be better everyday. Words to live by and follow.

I laughed and cried while reading this book. Taking with me all the lessons I learned. Start small one day at a time whether its your health and what you eat or exercise. Building stronger friendships reaching out to someone you haven't spoken to in a while or just nourishing the ones you see everyday. Laugh more, cry, don't judge. Have an open heart and mind to things and people and you'll see it in a whole new light. And as his common thread throughout the book of following your dreams like when you were a child... Dream Big! Dream Small! Just Dream!

Chap 25 Training A Jedi...

Luck is where preparation meets opportunity...

2013!!!

So the Mayan prediction of the world coming to and end was a farce. We survived..obviously....well some people's livers are on life support thinking it was their last day here but all in all everyone is ok. Still breathing and striving to live another day. The holidays have come and gone. Great food...hence the loose blouses in every picture and the extra 5 lbs, and amazing time with family and friends. The new year always brings new resolutions for some, for others they've stopped making promises they can't keep. Everyone will be on their #gymflow #newdiets out with the old and in with the new. I took a big step for the new year and found my bravery. It's not easy moving on from relationships that have been so prevalent in your life for a long time but there comes the time where its knowing the difference between giving up and knowing when you've had enough.

So it's the second day into the new year. The first day was recovery day of course. So now it's time to go full steam ahead...well after my coffee. And as I sat down to continue reading the Last Lecture, my brother from another mother sends me a great tool to keep referring to and implement in my life. It's called Superhero you. They are on Facebook and it took a look at different people's words to live by for 2013. Check it out. http://superheroyou.com/100-ways-best-2013/?inf_contact_key=f4af94ef8fbeaf1f4cb4fb8f384895ee38b9514d9f37422d9d6267ca1bf20029

Good luck. God bless and have a Happy and healthy 2013!!!