April 20, 2013

 The past few weeks I've been starting to feel discouraged. I kept asking myself "why am i doing this?" "why do i want this so badly" at first not knowing these answers scared the living shit out of me, but then i realized. I want this so badly because I want to show kids, teens, adults all around the world that if you truly set your mind to something you really can achieve it. You need to work hard, and not stop until you are where you want to be. There's no breaks. I want to show them that it does not matter where you come from, what town you're from, what others think of you, its about you, and how badly you want your dreams. If i could give any advice to anyone reading this post right now it would be not to give up on your dreams no matter what age you are, or where you are living, or even where you are in life. Do not give up, you can achieve it, i promise you.

Qutoes of the Week:

• "It's like the mafia. Once you're in - your in. There's no getting out"-Kelly Slater

• "I've committed to surfing the rest of my life"-Lance Armstrong

• "Surfing soothes me, it's always been a kind of Zen experience for me. The ocean is so magnificent, peaceful, and awesome. The rest of the world disappears for me when I'm on a wave"-Paul Walker

April 7, 2013

 As a kid my mother always told us "if you really want something, you'll make it happen." Now as a young kid I never really understood what she meant. I thought it was ridiculous that as a mother she wouldn't help me achieve my goals that I wanted, I thought that's what mothers where suppose to do. But more recently I'm discovering what she really meant. As young kids we have goals, thousands of them, but if we really want them we need to make them happen ourselves. Our mom, dad, sister, brother, grandma, grandpa, etc. will not be holding our hands every step of the way. If we really want this "something" then we won't settle for less, we won't get side tracked, and we won't give up. This is one of the most important lessons I believe we learn through our journey of life. I am starting to realize this now, i want to go to college in Hawaii more than I have ever wanted anything in the world. When I tell people though I don't think they realize how determined I am to get myself there. They just respond with "oh cool" or maybe they laugh because they think I don't realize its not a vacation there. Now if you're one of these people I just want you to know this, I am not giving up until I get there, and I WILL find a way because  I know that is where I belong, where my soul belongs. And to my mom, thank you for teaching me this lesson, with out you I wouldn't be as strong as i am today!

 Quotes of the Week:

• "Life is like the ocean. Waves will try to knock you down and push you back to where you started but once you fight through them, the entire ocean is yours."-Unknown

• "Just paddling out into big surf is a total commitment. You can't just call time-out and stroll on into the beach if you don't like the way things are going."-Unknown

• “We all come from the sea, but we are not all of the sea. Those of us who are, we children of the tides, must return to it again and again, until the day we don’t come back leaving only that which was touched along the way.” — Frosty Hesson