As I tell my daughter, when you want something in life – no matter how impossible it seems – you need to fight for it.
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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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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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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Stories aren’t the beauty of what did happen. They’re the beauty of what could happen.
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…as your father, my instinct is to protect you … Other people will want to protect you too. But remember that you are not a damsel in distress, waiting for some prince to rescue you. Forget the prince. With your brain and your resourcefulness, you can rescue yourself.
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From ancient to modern times, the human animal knows how to find fighting.
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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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The past may not hurt you, but it won’t challenge you, either.
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Sharing education, sharing a book…that’s what changes the world.
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I love when I teach my son a good lesson. But I love it even more when he teaches me.
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Don’t go to eighth grade…don’t talk about something old…don’t bring up old memories that have nothing to do with who we are now. THIS is all that matters! TODAY.
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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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The worst lies in life are the ones we tell ourselves.
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She wasn’t tracking down her father to learn more about him. She was tracking him down to learn more about herself.
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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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