Inevitably we become the sum total of the people we admire – that’s what I realized today.

It’s 12 : 22 PM on day 1682 of my journey towards independence and I’ve managed to brush my teeth, pray,  read Ezekiel 41, publish my Disability of the Day feature, learn one new thing –Every year the mountain [Mount Everest] grows taller by 4mm as a result of the upward thrust generated by two opposing tectonic plates  –  feed myself  for an avocado sandwich for breakfast  and  promote my Educate Generations campaign–$2 700 raised so far (thanks everybody SO GRATEFUL ) .

Today I realized that inevitably we become the sum total of the people we admire and to prove it to myself I wrote down a list of the people I admire with the reasons why I admire them. Take a look:

5 People I Admire and Why

1. My mom (she taught me faith)
2. My sister (she’s three years younger than me but she taught me how to stand up for myself she doesn’t take nonsense from anybody I LOVE that about her)
3. Nelson Mandela (he taught me forgiveness and humility)
4. Malala Yousafzai (she taught me courage)
5. Catherine Constantinides (she taught me how to serve with everything I have every day she does something different and awesome to make our world a better place I don’t have enough words to express how much I admire her (Catherine you’re probably blushing as you read this but really there’s no reason to blush everything I said about you is the truth and it’s how I really feel) )

(On a totally unrelated note:  I just found out that today is Earth Day so I’m going meat-free today it’s not much but every one of our actions has an impact on the environment please be kind to our planet)