Get a Backbone.

This is going to be a rather short post but hopefully it will make you think as well.

Check out this video featuring Arian Michael Foster, an American football running back for the Houston Texans of the National Football League.

Arian lists what he stands for, what keeps him going through his professional career as the Houston Texans running back.

(worth watching!)

I just saw this video and it sparked a thought in my mind. 

I can't really live for myself, if I did, I feel that it would be so much harder for me to feel like I have a purpose. I want to live for the people around me, I want them to realize how much they mean to me without having to receive anything in return. I want to live for my friends, I want to live for my family, I want to live for my job. When I become a firefighter, that's kind of the mentality you have to have anyway. If I'm not around to do this job, that's one less chance for someone to survive. I know a lot of you probably think that this isn't really a good way to live, but some people, like me, have to think like that. I want to be strong for someone who is not having a good day or who can't be strong. I'm also a bit conflicted in the fact that I also want someone to be strong for me too when I'm feeling weak and sometimes I don't let that happen when I need it to. My friends and family mean the world to me and I could not have gotten this far without them. That is an extremely cliche thing to say but it is 100% true. And I want to thank all of you for being there to support me on my worst days. 

I stand for my family.
I stand for my friends, who supported me through the hardest times.
I stand for the ones who can't fight.
I stand for those who are lost, the ones that can't find their way out of the smoke.
That's what I stand for.
What do you stand for?
Get a backbone.


I'm a teenager.
I'm a college student.
I found my backbone.

I'm just your average girl.
"It's not because of that, and it's not because of money, Work's in my blood and I [do it] 'cause I'm hungry."