Day 16: A picture of someone who inspires you.

THOMAS ROBERT DALEY

Tom Daley is not only a good looking chap, but he is also the youngest person to enter the finals at the 10m Platform Indi Event in the 2008 Beijing Olympics the age of 14 and youngest World Diving Champion at the 10m Platform event at 15. He is also 3 time winner of BBC Young Sports Personality Award Year 2007, 2009 and 2010. 

Just looking at a few of his achievements, how can you be not amazed and inspired? 

He has made me believe that if I work hard enough, I can achieve my dreams, and to not let the bad times bring me down, but build me up. He is the reason why I believe I have the capability to enter the Olympics, although almost everybody think that I might have gone nuts. 

Through his video diaries on his site, I now know that training isn't always smooth sailing and even during the days when your performance isn't well, you still have to give it your best shot. 

After all, training is about improving your skills and learning from mistakes. 

So yeah, he is someone that has inspired me.

Photo Credit:

Daily Mail UK

The Storm Rider.

One of my favourite motivators, Martin Jalleh came back to KK to give a talk to the confirmants. This time, instead of urging us to be different, he wants us to soar like eagles, to be the storm riders.

The Bald Eagle 

During the talk about being like eagles, I realised that sometimes, we can't always rely on our parents or our teachers for everything. Sometimes, we need that little push off the edge in order to be able to soar high.
One of the favourite lines from the talk was "The eagle is the only animal that waits for the storm when other birds look for shelter. He rides through the storm, using the strong wind to lift him up above the storm clouds and into the sunlight." Hearing that, it makes the eagle sound so majestic and awesome.

Our problems are like the storm. We go through our problems rather than avoiding it and by doing so, it will make us soar higher into the sky and finally, fly above the storm.

Isn't that just wonderful?

So now, I encourage all my readers, friends and myself to be like the eagles, be the storm rider, soar higher into the sky.

Eagles are now, awesome.