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New Year 2022 - Charge!!

People will tell you that you can't do something amazing and you're not special. The human condition is amazing you beat out every other sperm. You overcame infant mortality. Some of you have been through hell and back. So don't ever believe that you're not special. I know a lot of special people who would be missed if they weren't here who have made more impact on my life than any celebrity. 

You're one of a kind and if you're a twin you're even more special because you get to share a lifelong bond with someone that no one can take from you. You are an anomaly in everyway. We're not descendants of apes, we share similarities but you were designed to evolve, make critical choices and change the world around us. 

People have told me that I'm no one, a user, I'm never gonna amount to anything and that I shouldn't fullfil my heart's desire to be a husband and Dad. People have abused me, tried to character assassinate me, stolen from me, unfriended me, fought me, fired me, hired me, hired me back, promoted me, sent me to see my family when I couldn't get there, came to my mom's memorial, gave me amazing hugs, cards with beautiful sentiments, flowers (I cried, they were beautiful) became my friend again, loved me, watched me from a distance, and many have said you were proud of me.

Don't ever forget that you are loved and are be capable of being loved, you're special from your toes(if you can pick things up with them, awesome) to your head (I can't tie a cherry with my tongue). If you have a big heart, Keep going, you're extra special. If you're introverted or a little bit extraverted to being off your rocker, you're special. If you're quite like a mouse or Wiley like a coyote you're beautiful and no one can change you but you. 

Raise a glass 🥂 and toast to 2022 that you're a creation that is like no other.

My motto is "we are mortal men called to do more than mere mortal deeds". 

Here's to 2022 let's change some lives. Let's be legend- wait for it -dary! 🥂

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