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Athlete Aimee Mullins
“Born without fibulae in both legs, Aimee’s medical prognosis was discouraging; she was told she would never walk, and would likely spend the rest of her life using a wheelchair. In an attempt for an outside chance at independent mobility, doctors amputated both her legs below the knee on her first birthday. The decision paid off. By age two, she had learned to walk on prosthetic legs, and spent her childhood doing the usual athletic activities of her peers: swimming, biking, softball, soccer, and skiing, always alongside “able-bodies” kids.”

If you want to feel better, sleep better, look better, live better, you have no excuse not to be active. What an inspiration.

Athlete Aimee Mullins

“Born without fibulae in both legs, Aimee’s medical prognosis was discouraging; she was told she would never walk, and would likely spend the rest of her life using a wheelchair. In an attempt for an outside chance at independent mobility, doctors amputated both her legs below the knee on her first birthday. The decision paid off. By age two, she had learned to walk on prosthetic legs, and spent her childhood doing the usual athletic activities of her peers: swimming, biking, softball, soccer, and skiing, always alongside “able-bodies” kids.”

If you want to feel better, sleep better, look better, live better, you have no excuse not to be active. What an inspiration.

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amberdemure:

Cedar Fever.

Welcome to Austin!

Re-posting for 2012.

Seriously, I don’t think I’ve ever gotten this before until now. It feels like tiny kittens are scratching at my eyeballs from inside my head.

January 8

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kaitlinpearl:

love.

December 20

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alittlemisschievous:

you must watch this video.

never seen anything more accurate in my life.

love. a

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December 20

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"So many people live within unhappy circumstances and yet will not take the initiative to change their situation because they are conditioned to a life of security, conformity, and conservatism, all of which may appear to give one peace of mind, but in reality nothing is more dangerous to the adventurous spirit within a man than a secure future. The very basic core of a man’s living spirit is his passion for adventure. The joy of life comes from our encounters with new experiences, and hence there is no greater joy than to have an endlessly changing horizon, for each day to have a new and different sun."

Jon Krakauer, Into the Wild (via fuckyeahexistentialism)

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November 21

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