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Perseverance

2015-02-17 by dadgoesround Leave a Comment

“Everything that I’ve ever been able to accomplish in skating and in life has come out of adversity and perseverance.”

–Scott Hamilton, former Olympic figure skating champion

jumping figure skater

This is true for so many people. I remember meeting some incredible student leaders when I was in highschool who had come through very challenging life experiences – eating disorders, abusive relationships, death of a parent, mental health challenges etc. and who had emerged as incredibly strong people committed to causes they were passionate about. They were examples of the saying “if it doesn’t kill you, it will make you stronger.”

While I don’t subscribe to that line of thinking as a general rule, there are people who are able to persevere through adversity like Scott Hamilton and achieve incredible things.  [Read more…]

Filed Under: Parenting Tagged With: bike riding, Elizabeth Manley, Elvis Stojko, Emmanuella Balmori, Figure Skating, Gladys Orozco, Javier Fernandez, Kimmie Meissner, Mental Health, Perseverance, Pete Dack, Sara Hurtado and Adria Diaz, Shawn Sawyer, Violetta Afanasieva

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