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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.

Bethany Hamilton

It’s been amazing to touch people’s lives.
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Inspirational Life People
The paramedic whispered in my ear ‘God will never leave you or forsake you.’
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Ears God Inspirational Will
To lose your everyday life of surfing and being creative on waves, enjoying the ocean – that’s scary to me. It was essential to at least try surfing again and get out there and see how it went.
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Creative Ocean Scary
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
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 could never have embraced this many people with two arms.
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Arms People Two
My favorite thing [about surfing] is being creative on waves; it’s like an art form. You can do whatever you want on that wave if you work hard at it and just have fun out there.
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Art Fun Hard Work
God has a lot more to give and to offer than the world has to give.
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Giving Offer World
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
Compassion can drive us to do amazing things and give us perspective.
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Compassion Giving Perspective
I’m just waiting for God to tell me what to do, but whatever it is, I want to be doing something like I am doing now-serving God and helping people.
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People Waiting Want
I don’t want easy, just possible.
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Easy Inspirational Want
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 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
I just love being on the ocean and being creative on the waves and the feeling you get when you’re surfing. All around it’s beautiful and fun.
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Beautiful Fun Ocean
You fall off the horse and you get back on.
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Fall Horse Inspirational
Being creative on the waves is challenging, but we each create art in our own way.
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Art Creative Inspirational
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
It’s easy to look at the things of this world to solve our challenges and obstacles in life, but when we submit our lives to Christ, His grace, mercy, peace and love will bring true fulfillment to our lives.
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And Love Challenges Grace
I think passion is something that’s more powerful than even love. It’s something that you’re not willing to let go of, and you’ll work really hard to make sure that stays a part of your life.
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Go Letting Passion Powerful
Being out there in the ocean, God’s creation, it’s like a gift He has given us to enjoy.
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Creation Given God Ocean
Learning how to deal with people and their reactions to my life is one of the most challenging things… people staring at me, people asking rude questions, dealing with media, stuff like that.
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Media People Rude
There’s no such thing as a handicap – it’s all in your head
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Handicaps Head Thing
My only real fear was that I would not be able to surf again because I was concerned that I would not physically be able to do it. I knew that if I wasn’t able to surf then my life would really change.
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Inspirational Real
Surfing for me is more than my lifestyle; it’s my passion, my love and it’s a part of me.
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Lifestyle Passion Surfing
Courage, sacrifice, determination, commitment, toughness, heart, talent, guts. That’s what little girls are made of; the heck with sugar and spice.
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Courage Girl Inspirational
You don’t need easy, you just need possible.
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Easy Needs Possible

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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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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