The Daily Inspired

Since today is the start of the Olympics I figured it would only be fitting to have an inspirational Olympic video on here.

Derek Redmond was favored to win the 400 meter sprint in the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. However midway through the race the unthinkable happened… Despite his setback Redmond shows us how to finish what we start. With the help of his father he is able to finish what he has started.

Let’s do the same! Finish what you start. Don’t give up when things get hard!

I received this link from my Aunt Lynette about a boy who was born without eyes and unable to walk. You would think that the opportunity for him in this life is limited and he has little potential, yet he accomplishes grand things.

Have you ever thought about your real potential? How much opportunity you really have? At difficult times in my life I have had a short sighted view of what I can do and accomplish.  When things are going bad it’s hard to look beyond the day to day. But when I’ve tried new things and got out of my comfort zone I’ve realized that the only thing that is limiting me is… me!

What opportunity and potential is really out there?

Thanks Aunt Lynette!

Today I was reminded of the most important thing in my life: My Family. “I just think of myself and I love my family, and I just want to be the very best father I can be”, Dick Hoyt humbly replies in the video. I thought of my pregnant wife and our child growing inside her. I want to be the very best father to my baby that will be born in June. I want to be the very best husband to my wife.

Shouldn’t we all be the very best father, mother, husband, wife, brother, sister, etc.? If Dick Hoyt can do it, so can we.