Why we should never, ever give up on ourselves!

I was reminded recently about this video of why, no matter who we are or where we come from, we should never give up on ourselves. It stars a retired and disabled war veteran called Arthur. 

Check it out here for yourself:

I am pleased that he didn’t listen to all the naysayers, and let’s face it there are far too many of them out there, but my question to you is this; if people know that killing other’s dreams and stifling their creativity might mean depression and desperation for them in the long run, why do they continue to offer such destructive advice? I heard the word ‘no’ so many times last year that I started to forget what the word ‘yes’ sounded like; no joking aside it crippled me psychologically and I needed to rebuild my ego and self-worth.

2015 is a new year though and I will not allow anyone to crush my dreams or put me down in that way again. In fact I won’t be sharing my dreams with too many people in the first place then there is no chance of that. Maybe only those close to me will get a sneaky peek.

My favourite quote of all time is: it’s the unreasonable man that changes the world; because if we look at history; planes didn’t just find their way into the sky. It was the unreasonable Wright brothers who put them there. And the list of non-conformists goes on and on: Richard Branson, Thomas Edison, Mohammed Ali, Martin Luther King, Serena Williams, Steve Jobs, Oprah Winfrey to name but a few. People who dared to dream and did it their way. The evidence of what they have accomplished is all around us; therefore isn’t it time that people stopped trying to convince the rest of us what we can and cannot achieve and allow us to become who we know we ought to become? If Arthur could do it then so can we, so what do you think folks? Are you worth fighting for?