(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); You are the kid who never studied in school because you didn't need to. You made A's and B's and C's because you were smart enough to coast through anything teachers had to throw at you. You conquered the system and you knew it. Why suck up to teachers or focus on being popular when you won't see these people again after two or three years, right? Yeah, that's you. That's me too. Life is good and easy isn't it?

Well, it is, and that's the problem. Life is good, but to be satisfied with what is good is to never become what is great.

I'm talking to you as an individual. Right now. Sitting here reading this. Why are you reading this? I will tell you why. You have nothing else to do right now because you have everything you want. You are the kid that is smarter and more talented than your friends, but has lost the motivation to show them.

You can change that. It all starts with a decision, and all that decision takes is a little courage. You have everything but courage right now. it is the greatest virtue, because without it no other virutes can ever come to life. If a loving man does not have the courage to love, he will never love, and if a smart man never has the courage to reason, he will never do so. Whatever you are, the loving man, the smart man, the hateful man, the passionate man... the aspiring musician, artist, politician, philosopher... all you need it courage, because you've already got everything else.

It takes strength to do these things, but the equation is simple, and the varialbles are there. All you need to do is utilize them. Emotional fitness, Psychological strength.

Don't let life take control of you, take control of life. Let me see some ****ing heroes.

Interesting this is a life changing speach.

Very motivational

Give us some examples of couragous decisions in your life.
Courage is making a decision to do what you feel is right, for yourself or another, when there is personal risk.
Not just physical risk but emotional risk as well.
An example in my life was a kid named Eric Stearn in 6th grade.
He was big, funny, popular and a bullying asshole.
He picked on everyone not in his click but made one kids life hell.
I stood up for this kid one day in recess and got my ass kicked in front of everyone.
The truth is things didn't change much but Eric eventually lost some of his following and I still feel good about it.
It feels good to defend yourself or another over what you know is right.
Especially when their is risk involved.