SoulFul 21 – Liz Murray

Chuck out the barriers and go ahead !! Elizabeth Murray was born on September 23, 1980, to drug addicted parents in a filthy apartment of New York. At the early age of 15, this girl became roofless when her mother died of AIDS and father moved to a homeless shelter. Sometimes on park benches and sometimes on subways, she spent her nights in extremely baneful environments but she never missed the chance to read encyclopedias, recovered from the public trash boxes.

Driven by persistence and obsession for hard work, she never surrendered in her way and finally she got listed in the Harvard University. Presently, Liz is an eminent inspirational speaker as well as director of a company, which empower grownups to make something innovative in their lives.

Sources -Topyaps.com

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Clearly Elizabeth is an extraordinary woman. Although I am starting to question if being extraordinary is really more being normal than anything else. This is our natural state, releasing our true potential. Before we allowed it all to be cloaked up by unnecessary self doubt, unreasonable beliefs derived from society and unrealistic expectations on things that don’t even matter at the end of the day.

I love how Elizabeth chose to focus on the positive sides too of her childhood. Most of us have yet form this powerful habits. Whatever that happens in life, good or bad, who knows?

One can tell how stable and balanced she is when she said,” Although my parents were in this state but they were also very loving. In many ways, I grew up in a very loving household, my parents just happened to be very badly addicted to drugs.” She accepted that her parents are not perfect but she did not reject them because of it.

She did not believe in external control psychology, instead she chose her response to her environment and acted on the power that her choices have. And indeed, with her personal experiences, she transformed her own life for the better and choose to make it her life’s work to inspire and help others. Spectacular.

What about you?

What story are you telling about a person, situation or a belief that is not empowering you?
What “negative” story are you repeating to everyone that you meet that you can practically memorize it?

Examine your behaviour and your thoughts. You might be surprised what comes out of it.

Remember what Elizabeth said,”

This moment,

right here right now,

I get to decide what’s next.

Thank you for reading. 🙂

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SoulFul 18 – Park Geun-hye

 

Park Geun-hye

Following her high school graduation, Park Geun-hye enrolled at Sogang University in Seoul, South Korea, where she earned a Bachelor of Science degree in engineering in 1974.

That same year, she suffered a tremendous tragedy: Her mother was shot and killed by North Korean assassin Mun Segwang, whose bullet was intended for the president. Citizens deeply mourned the death of Yuk Young-soo, who remains widely regarded as the country’s most popular and beloved first lady.

Amidst her personal grief, Park was instated as the nation’s acting first lady—a title requiring newfound responsibility for recent college graduate, who was then just 22 years old. But Park acclimated well to the political world: Early into her role as first lady, she gracefully and efficiently greeted dignitaries and conducted affairs of state, among a number of other responsibilities.

Five years after her mother’s murder, tragedy struck again: Park’s father, President Park Chung-hee, was assassinated at a dinner by his own intelligence chief, Kim Jae-kyu, on October 26, 1979.

Source – biography.com

She is the first woman to be elected as President in South Korea and is serving the 18th presidential term. She also is the first female head of state in the modern history of Northeastern Asia[3] and is the first South Korean president to have been born a South Korean citizen. Prior to her presidency, she was the chairwoman of the conservative Grand National Party (GNP) between 2004 and 2006 and between 2011 and 2012 (the GNP changed its name to the “Saenuri Party” in February 2012). Park was also a member of the Korean National Assembly and served four complete consecutive parliamentary terms as a constituency representative between 1998 and 2012; she started her fifth term as a proportional representative in June 2012. Her father was Park Chung-hee,President of South Korea from 1962 to 1979. She is generally considered to be one of the most influential politicians in South Korea.

Sources – Wikipedia

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This is an extraordinary woman who does her best to realize her fullest potential despite multiple personal tragedies one after another. She found the strength within to rise above the circumstances to do what she believes in. She made the choice to continue on despite having to do so without the presence and the support of both her parents.

It is only possible because she believed in herself. Self worth is precious and priceless.

• When you look into the mirror, who do you see?
  What does this person in the mirror stands for?
• What does this person in the mirror dreams?
• How do we go from dreaming to materializing?

Believe and achieve.

Be kind to yourself today.

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