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Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.

Bethany Hamilton

Love God; love others; do your best in all you do, even if you fall short!
BETHANY HAMILTON

Fall God Love
It’s hard for me to describe the joy I felt after I stood up and rode wave in for the first time after the attack. I was incredibly thankful and happy inside. The tiny bit of doubt that would sometimes tell me you’ll never surf again was gone in one wave.
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Doubt Inspirational Joy
There’s no such thing as a handicap – it’s all in your head
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Handicaps Head Thing
Your looks do not define who you are.
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Define Inspirational Looks
I gave my heart to Jesus when I was five-years-old and since then it’s been a special relationship. To me it’s not a religion; it’s just talking to God, reading his word, and doing my best to honor him in everything I do.
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Heart Jesus Reading
I think it doesn’t matter if you are the best surfer in the world. I’m going to try to be the best surfer I can be. It’s not all about competing and being the best. It’s more about having fun and just doing what you love.
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Doing Fun Love Thinking
I could never have embraced this many people with two arms.
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Arms People Two
My strength came from my relationship with Christ and from the love and encouragement of my family and friends.
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Christ Encouragement Family Friends
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
Like, with one arm I know I can surf, but competitive surfing can be really frustrating, and sometimes you don’t do as well as you want to. It can be discouraging at times. But whenever I do get frustrated, I just focus on God.
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Focus Frustrated Surfing
My belief is where I get my strength. When I’m struggling with something, I can go to him for help and I’m excited to share that.
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Belief Helping Struggle
I don’t want easy, just possible.
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Easy Inspirational Want
Love is bigger than any tidal wave or fear.
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Love Surfer Wave
I’m actually not star-struck… I like to give people their own space and admire them from a distance.
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Distance Space Stars
In the end, my love for surfing helped me overcome my fear of sharks.
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Inspirational Shark Surfing
Losing an arm is kinda lame at one point, but at the same time, so much good has come out of it.
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Arms Lame Losing

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