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The Kid President - Going Beyond to Achieve Amazing

"THE KID PRESIDENT" Going Beyond to Achieve Amazing!!!

Sometimes inspiration comes from some strange places...really I'm taking advice from "The Kid President." But I must say, we all should. Watch the clip above. I have watched and discussed this clip many times since I watched on my TED app. The story of this young individual is truly amazing. This video is even more amazing. If you watch the clip and take it at face value it is already something that we should be doing.

The Kid President makes a great point. Aren't we all on the same team. The story of today, the story of Easter shows just how much we are on the same team. The captain that led the team has sacrificed more than any of use, but we commonly think that just because we wear a different uniform, or a different title we are truly competitors. If you are a career firefighter you better than those that aren't, when really we take the same classes, we respond to the same type calls, and ultimately we put out fires with the same type water. Can't we learn from each of there. We may be experienced EMS providers and we look down on the "newbys" because they don't know half of what you know. Could it be because somebody took the time to provide you with the knowledge when you were a newby and you have proved you are above helping another newly thereby hurting the system overall. The Kid President is quick to say I'm on your team, why can't we do the same.

Furthermore he says he wants to take the path that leads to amazing, and wants us to do something amazing as well. If somebody provided you an opportunity to do amazing without ever failing, what would your amazing be? Why not try it? What if we all tried to be amazing, and while we were each reaching for excellence we helped each other on our team to achieve their amazing. If we all were able to achieve amazing we would be in a truly wonderful world...who else was looking for this to happen as well?

Now, as I mentioned at the beginning of this post, this video presents amazing at the surface level, and even more when you know the whole story about the individual playing the "Kid President." This individual, while only 9 years of age, has suffered over 70 fractures from a brittle bone disease known by those that have it as "OI". This video has been an inspiration to others that have "OI" because this child should never have been able to run without suffering fractures, let along play with a football. How amazing a world is this that one of our youth takes on his bodies deficiencies to have us play together and achieve AMAZING.

Take Care and Stay Safe!!!

The Combomedic.

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