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Day 2155: Happy 16th Birthday Baby Bro

“There’s no buddy like a brother.” – Unknown

It’s 2 : 23 PM on day 2155 of my journey towards independence and I managed to have breakfast, go to the doctor and and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – Paul and Juliet Merrell of Big Planet Radio donated $50 (thanks SO MUCH Paul and Juliet) which brings the total raised to $7 175 only $5 325 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ) .

Today is my brother’s 16^th birthday and in honour of that I wrote down sixteen life lessons for him and everybody else (not that I know much about life). Take a look:

16 Life Lessons

1. Be kind
2. Be Honest
3. Be Yourself
4. Hold on to your character
6. Dream HUGE
7. NEVER GIVE UP
8. Love with all your heart
9. Make a difference wherever you can in every way that you can
10. Stay loyal
11. Be courageous
12. BELIEVE IN YOURSELF
13. Listen more than you speak
14. When you make a mistake admit it, correct it and move on
15. RESPECT yourself and everyone else
16. Try new things and always look to learn

Happy 16th birthday to the best baby brother in the whole wide world – every day I strive to make the world better for you.

Day 2153: In Bed

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See the opportunities in everything – that’s my message to the world.

It’s 11 : 52 AM on day 2153 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read, have breakfast, pray, read Mark 11:25, and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ) .

Today I’ve opted to stay in bed to prevent my foot infection from getting worse it’s not the best situation but I choose to see it as an opportunity to rest

Day 2152: Promote What You Love

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Promote what you love instead of bashing what you hate – that’s what I wish the world would do.

It’s 10 : 05 AM on day 2152 of my journey towards independence and I managed to have breakfast, pray, read, and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ) .

Recently with the elections in the U.S. taking stage I’ve noticed people bashing Trump I wish they would just promote Hillary instead (if they do support Hilary).

Day 2150: Go vote South Africa

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With rights come responsibilities – that’s my message to South Africa and the world.

It’s 12 : 39 PM on day 2150 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Luke 18: 42-43, have breakfast, go and vote – the IEC were extremely efficient I didn’t even have to wait in line – and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ) .

Today is the day of the Municipal Elections here is South Africa and so I urge everyone registered to vote to go and do exactly that because with rights come responsibilities.

Day 2149: Life goes on

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Life goes on no matter what so we must go on with life no matter what– that’s what I realized today.

It’s 11 : 19 AM on day 2149 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Luke 18: 42-43, have breakfast, pray, read, learn one new thing – The Nobel Prize and Prize in Economic Sciences have been awarded to women 47 times between 1901 and 2014. Only one woman, Marie Curie, has been honoured twice, with the 1903 Nobel Prize in Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize in Chemistry.- and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ) .

Today it dawned on me that no matter what’s going on in my life the sun will rise and the world will go on it’s a harsh reality but reality nonetheless and since life will go on no matter what I’m choosing to go on with life no matter what.

Day 2148: Whatever Will Be

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Whatever’s meant to happen will happen there’s no use stressing about it – that’s what I realized today.

It’s 11 : 07 AM on day 2148 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read 1 Peter 2:24, have breakfast, pray, read, learn one new thing – The islands are located in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 973 km (525 nmi; 605 mi) off the west coast of South America. The closest land mass is that of mainland Ecuador, the country to which they belong, 926 km/500 nmi to the east. – and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far ) .

Today I realized that whatever’s meant to happen (good or bad) will happen there’s no use stressing about it.

Day 2147: “I’m a Mess” by Ed Sheeran

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Ooh I’m a mess right now
Inside out
Searching for a sweet surrender
But this is not the end

I can’t work it out
How?
Going through the motions
Going through us

And though I’ve known it for the longest time
And all my hope
All my words are all over written on the signs
But you’re my road walking me home
Home, home, home, home

Ed Sheeran, “I’m a Mess”

It’s 12 : 25 PM on day 2147 of my journey towards independence and I managed to pray, read Matthew 9:22, have breakfast, pray, read, learn one new thing – Wiley Hardeman Post (November 22, 1898 – August 15, 1935) was a famed American aviator during the period known as the Golden Age of Aviation, the first pilot to fly solo around the world. – and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ) .

Recently I heard “I’m a Mess” by Ed Sheeran there’s something about somebody admitting what a mess they are that’s very endearing. Listen to “I’m a Mess” by Ed Sheeran below:

Day 2146: Age, Wisdom and a Little Boy Named Grant

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Age and wisdom don’t necessarily have anything to do with each other – that’s what I keep realizing.

It’s 1 : 28 PM on day 2146 of my journey towards independence and I managed to have breakfast, pray, read Isaiah 53:4-5, go to the doctor – nothing major I will survive – hang out with family and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ) .

Recently I watched “Grant with DWARFISM: A little film about a little boy with a not so little heart (OFFICIAL VIDEO)” I was blown away by this 6-year-old’s wisdom. Watch “Grant with DWARFISM: A little film about a little boy with a not so little heart (OFFICIAL VIDEO)” below:

Thanks Beverly Bernhardt for sharing this video with me.

Day 2145: I Embrace and Enjoy Weakness

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⁹But he said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you, for my power is made perfect in weakness.” Therefore I will boast all the more gladly about my weaknesses, so that Christ’s power may rest on me.

– 2 Corinthians 12:9

It’s 8 : 30 AM on day 2145 of my journey towards independence and I managed to have breakfast, pray, read James 5:14, learn one new thing –THE DIVISION of the hour into 60 minutes and of the minute into 60 seconds comes from the Babylonians who used a sexagesimal (counting in 60s) system for mathematics and astronomy. They derived their number system from the Sumerians who were using it as early as 3500 BC.- and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far 🙂 ) .

Yesterday I wasn’t my best yet again but instead of fighting against my weakness I sort of embraced and enjoyed it because God is at His strongest when I’m at my weakest.

Day 2144: In the Arena: Chelsea Clinton at TEDxTeen 2013

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“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, who comes short again and again, because there is no effort without error and shortcoming; but who does actually strive to do the deeds; who knows great enthusiasms, the great devotions; 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 fails while daring greatly, so that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who neither know victory nor defeat.”― Theodore Roosevelt

It’s 12 : 18 PM on day 2144 of my journey towards independence and I managed to have breakfast, pray, read Jeremiah 17:14, learn one new thing – There are five types of bones in the human body: long, short, flat, irregular, and sesamoid – and work on my 25 Smiles Campaign – raised $7 125 only $5 375 more to raise to reach my second goal of raising $12 500 for Smile Train before Jan 10 2017 (SO SO SO GRATEFUL to everyone who has supported this campaign so far : ) ) .

Yesterday I watched “In the Arena: Chelsea Clinton at TEDxTeen 2013” I LOVE this talk because it’s about having the courage to participate in life. Watch “In the Arena: Chelsea Clinton at TEDxTeen 2013” below: