I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
BRAD MELTZERAs I now often tell my daughter Lila, no matter what stage of life you’re in, when you want something – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it. When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you’ve ever fought before.
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When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you’ve ever fought before.
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Life is filled with trapdoors.
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Our fathers never leave us. Ever.
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In this life, y’ever notice that you face the same challenges again and again? We all do. They’re challenges to your soul. We repeat them until we face them and master them. Yes we all have free will, but there’re divine patterns out there, and the battle is to see them.
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As I now often tell my daughter Lila, no matter what stage of life you’re in, when you want something – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it. When you believe in something, fight for it. And when you see injustice, fight harder than you’ve ever fought before.
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Greatness isn’t something you should always be chasing. There’s greatness within all of us, and I think that’s what we forget.
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I understand pain. I’ve lived with pain my entire life. But pain is nothing compared to betrayal. And betrayal is nothing compared to knowing that the javelin in your back was rammed there by the one person in your life you actually trusted.
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But to me, the most important page in my daughter’s book is the last one – because it’s blank. It says, “Your Hero’s Photo Here,” and, “Your Hero’s Story Here.”
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Today, I don’t believe in destiny. But I do believe in history…There’s nothing more powerful than history.
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My worst moments as a parent have been much like my greatest moments as a parent: the product of complete and perfect accident.
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I tend to do something for two years then move on to something new. Yoga, then biking, then weight lifting, then back to biking. The moment it feels like a rut, I switch and search for a new love. It’s like having a midlife crisis, but without the new wife or cheesy BMW.
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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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We make a great bad guy, and they all say they hate us. But at the end of every day, people want to trust us. Because we’re their government. And people trust their government.
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