[Music]
[Laughter]
you
you
[Applause]
life is a gift oftentimes though this
gift is not utilized and many people end
up with regrets and I should have
sometimes it takes a catastrophic event
to end up living life to the fullest
but it shouldn’t April 6 was a day where
I thought I knew what my life at home it
was a day that I put down the best half
pipe run of my life and earned a spot on
the podium later that same night was
full of joy and laughter in another
medal of April 7 I lay at the bottom of
a jump neck broken and a future of
uncertainty moments before I was taking
practice laps on the slopestyle course
textbooks to be competing in that day
everything was going great until I
backflip that I had done so many times
before but this time this time was
different I knew I was going to crash I
just didn’t know how hard the moment I
hit the ground my body was shaken and my
it felt to be a ghost of its former self
my momentum carried me down to the
bottom of the jump
so I slowed to a stop I tried to get up
yeah I couldn’t my once active leg
seemed to be nothing more than I did at
this point I tried to call out for help
shocked when only a whisper could escape
my lips as people to assess my situation
all I could do is lay there and as the
cross gathered and how severe my foe
really was came to light people again
again speaking up this left me with the
silence of my own thoughts I felt and
this is a just a fear of taking a test
or doing something new this was this
crushing fear and I was going to die in
this moment I realized that I had not
been living my life the way that I’d
wanted to more thoughts came but all
they were were regrets later on when I
was in the hospital when how severe my
fall was was understood I heard the
words that would change my life forever
I heard the word you will never walk
again and it was with these simple words
that would change my life forever my
decision to live life to the fullest was
not a decision that was made suddenly It
was as if in the moments before my crash
I was sleeping in the moment I hit the
I was awoken my accident it’s a terrible
thing to happen but the day that I lost
the ability to walk again something much
more important my life to say you never
know what you’ve got till it’s gone is
something I had come to know to be so
true I lost the ability to use my body
from the chest down and this led to many
moments of thinking of all the things I
should have done appreciated and even
enjoyed just a little bit more take some
time to understand all the things that
you have in your life
this can help you not take things for
granted when I got her doors closed for
me although many open the ones that were
closed are now locked and there’s no
going back for many of you though these
doors are still open take time to
understand and accept the opportunities
that you have think about the ones you
want to pursue make sure the choices you
do me are ones that you won’t come to
regret later on I was faced with the
trauma they would either define me as
the person I was before but the person I
was going to become you shouldn’t need
to face that trauma to live life to the
fullest you should do it because you can
because you want to every one of you in
here every one of you woke up this
morning but you all live different days
take a moment and reflect on the day you
had this probably work your casual
everyday schedule but was there a moment
you wish would have enjoyed a tad bit
longer or even enjoyed at all taking
time to live life in the moment is
something that can let you not have as
many regrets later on living life to the
fullest can be defined in many different
ways
to a lot of people this
doing the biggest and the best things
that’s true
but to an extent living life to the
fullest is enjoying all the things it’s
to join the last bite of food just as
much as the first it’s taking a moment
to breathe in that fresh air on your
brief walk to the car taking time to
enjoy these moments can change how you
feel about your day
life is something to be cherished the
way that I was able to do this was by
finding a passion that made me happy
with my entire being
it wasn’t something that other people
wanted me to do or what other people
thought I should do but something that I
enjoyed that made me happy finding a
passion that can make you smile with
even just a brief thought of it is
something that can make days better in
life you’ll encounter hardships and I
mean let’s be honest they can be hard
it’s in the name but part of living life
to the fullest is being able to accept
and deal with these challenges in life
being able to deal with these and move
on can help you look towards the future
and look to the next happy moment that
you can happen you can have happen start
to enjoy all the things that you have in
your life start to enjoy the little
things take time to be present in the
moment that it’s happening and you see a
change and how you feel about your day
life is something that every single
person to live differently how you live
yours is up to you
you
[Laughter]
you
you
[Applause]
life is a gift oftentimes though this
gift is not utilized and many people end
up with regrets and I should have
sometimes it takes a catastrophic event
to end up living life to the fullest
but it shouldn’t April 6 was a day where
I thought I knew what my life at home it
was a day that I put down the best half
pipe run of my life and earned a spot on
the podium later that same night was
full of joy and laughter in another
medal of April 7 I lay at the bottom of
a jump neck broken and a future of
uncertainty moments before I was taking
practice laps on the slopestyle course
textbooks to be competing in that day
everything was going great until I
backflip that I had done so many times
before but this time this time was
different I knew I was going to crash I
just didn’t know how hard the moment I
hit the ground my body was shaken and my
it felt to be a ghost of its former self
my momentum carried me down to the
bottom of the jump
so I slowed to a stop I tried to get up
yeah I couldn’t my once active leg
seemed to be nothing more than I did at
this point I tried to call out for help
shocked when only a whisper could escape
my lips as people to assess my situation
all I could do is lay there and as the
cross gathered and how severe my foe
really was came to light people again
again speaking up this left me with the
silence of my own thoughts I felt and
this is a just a fear of taking a test
or doing something new this was this
crushing fear and I was going to die in
this moment I realized that I had not
been living my life the way that I’d
wanted to more thoughts came but all
they were were regrets later on when I
was in the hospital when how severe my
fall was was understood I heard the
words that would change my life forever
I heard the word you will never walk
again and it was with these simple words
that would change my life forever my
decision to live life to the fullest was
not a decision that was made suddenly It
was as if in the moments before my crash
I was sleeping in the moment I hit the
I was awoken my accident it’s a terrible
thing to happen but the day that I lost
the ability to walk again something much
more important my life to say you never
know what you’ve got till it’s gone is
something I had come to know to be so
true I lost the ability to use my body
from the chest down and this led to many
moments of thinking of all the things I
should have done appreciated and even
enjoyed just a little bit more take some
time to understand all the things that
you have in your life
this can help you not take things for
granted when I got her doors closed for
me although many open the ones that were
closed are now locked and there’s no
going back for many of you though these
doors are still open take time to
understand and accept the opportunities
that you have think about the ones you
want to pursue make sure the choices you
do me are ones that you won’t come to
regret later on I was faced with the
trauma they would either define me as
the person I was before but the person I
was going to become you shouldn’t need
to face that trauma to live life to the
fullest you should do it because you can
because you want to every one of you in
here every one of you woke up this
morning but you all live different days
take a moment and reflect on the day you
had this probably work your casual
everyday schedule but was there a moment
you wish would have enjoyed a tad bit
longer or even enjoyed at all taking
time to live life in the moment is
something that can let you not have as
many regrets later on living life to the
fullest can be defined in many different
ways
to a lot of people this
doing the biggest and the best things
that’s true
but to an extent living life to the
fullest is enjoying all the things it’s
to join the last bite of food just as
much as the first it’s taking a moment
to breathe in that fresh air on your
brief walk to the car taking time to
enjoy these moments can change how you
feel about your day
life is something to be cherished the
way that I was able to do this was by
finding a passion that made me happy
with my entire being
it wasn’t something that other people
wanted me to do or what other people
thought I should do but something that I
enjoyed that made me happy finding a
passion that can make you smile with
even just a brief thought of it is
something that can make days better in
life you’ll encounter hardships and I
mean let’s be honest they can be hard
it’s in the name but part of living life
to the fullest is being able to accept
and deal with these challenges in life
being able to deal with these and move
on can help you look towards the future
and look to the next happy moment that
you can happen you can have happen start
to enjoy all the things that you have in
your life start to enjoy the little
things take time to be present in the
moment that it’s happening and you see a
change and how you feel about your day
life is something that every single
person to live differently how you live
yours is up to you
you
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