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Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it’s fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I’ve healed very well.

Bethany Hamilton

God will give us the strength to be able to handle things. I mean, you can try to do it on your own, and sometimes you can pull off some stuff, but in the long run, it’s much easier with Him by our side.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Long Mean Running
I wouldn’t change what happened to me because then I wouldn’t have this chance, in front of all of you, to embrace more people than I ever could have with two arms.
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Arms People Two
Both of my parents are surfers, of course, so they understood where my passion for surfing was at and I guess they saw the talent that I had.
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Parent Passion Surfing
I don’t really want people looking to me for inspiration. I just want to be a sign along the way that points toward Heaven.
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Heaven Inspiration People
In the end, my love for surfing helped me overcome my fear of sharks.
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Inspirational Shark Surfing
I believe in Jesus Christ, and I believe He gave me the passion and determination to continue surfing. You fall off the horse, and you get back on. I had to go for it.
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Determination Horse Jesus
I’m a surfer at heart. Both my parents moved to Hawaii in the 1970s, where they met and became Christians. Then they taught me and my two brothers how to love the Lord – and how to surf!
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Brother Christian Heart
Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.
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Compassion Giving Perspective
Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear.
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Love Surfer Wave
I don’t know how long I’ll be competing but I’ll always be surfing. I’ll be surfing until I’m old.
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Competing Long Surfing
The author describes how impressed she was with the detailed storyboards that outlined her movie – “not just sketches, but real art”. She then describes a Hawaiian sunset as, “God painting His storyboard on the sky”.
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Art Nature Real
I can’t change it, That was God’s plan for my life and I’m going to go with it.
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Disability God Plan Positivity
I guess I just like to challenge myself and push myself harder to do things that I dont think I can, to do things that other people do not think I can. It pushes me. I push my own personal limits.
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Challenges People Thinking
We all need that extra friend outside of our immediate family to talk about that extra stuff you wouldn’t normally talk to your parents about.
BETHANY HAMILTON

Needs Parent Stuff
Getting back on the surfboard after the [shark] attack was the hardest thing and I did it! After that, the hardest thing was my first competition.
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Competition Firsts Sharks
We all go through rough times. We have those obstacles that seem too large to overcome or that current that you never seem to swim out of. We have to decide what matters most to us – our passions.
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Passion Swim What Matter

Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it’s fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I’ve healed very well.

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Doing everything with one arm, being well-known, and having a book and a movie, it’s fairly abnormal. As far as just not having to worry about past experiences, I’ve healed very well.

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