It’s funny, I was sitting down to write and I found so many of THESE words coming back out on the paper along with the need to share them again. If I could encourage anyone to do anything it would be to take action on THE THING you want to do. The one thing that seems to hold us all back is fear. It holds me back too, but here is what I’ve learned about fear… It can ruin us, or it can save us. Over this past year I have gotten so much braver and made choices to do things I would have never done before. With each brave decision I’m strengthening that muscle and learning how to get past fear. That’s what happens! At the same time if you decide not to face your fears each time it gets harder.

What the world needs now is someone brave just like you to do the thing on your heart. People need to see more people like themselves going for it. If we learned anything from the tragedy with Kobe Bryant and the rest of the people on his helicopter, we learned that...